AAS 199th meeting, Washington, DC, January 2002
Session 150. Particular AGNs and Seyferts
Oral, Thursday, January 10, 2002, 2:00-3:30pm, International Ballroom West

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[150.08] FUV Spectroscopy of Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxies

P. Romano, S. Mathur, R.W. Pogge, B.M. Peterson (OSU), J. Kuraszkiewicz (CfA)

We present the preliminary results from the FUSE observations of the bright nearby narrow-line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy Akn 564. We use the continuum slope to better constrain accretion disk models. High ionization emission lines are detected (e.g.\ O{\sc vi}\lambda\lambda 1032,1038), and their strengths used to derive the physical parameters through photoionization models. We also investigate the presence of the O{\sc vi} doublet in absorption as it strongly constrains the ionization state of the UV absorber. Finally, we compare the properties of this NLS1 galaxy with those of normal Seyfert 1 galaxies.

Support for this work was provided by NASA through grant number NAG5-10320.


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