The FR II Broad-Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy: PKS J1037-2705

Clarke, Tracy E.; Punsly, Brian; Tingay, Steven; Gutiérrez, Carlos M.; Rasmussen, Jesper; Colbert, Ed

United States, Italy, Australia, Spain

Abstract

In this article we demonstrate that PKS J1037-2705 has a weak accretion flow luminosity, well below the Seyfert 1/QSO dividing line, weak broad emission lines (BELs), and moderately powerful FR II extended radio emission. It is one of the few documented examples of a broad-line object in which the time-averaged jet kinetic luminosity, \overline{Q}, is larger than the total thermal luminosity (IR to X-ray) of the accretion flow, Lbol. The blazar nucleus dominates the optical and near-ultraviolet emission and is a strong source of hard X-rays. The strong blazar emission indicates that the relativistic radio jet is presently active. The implication is that even weakly accreting AGNs can create powerful jets. Kinetically dominated (\overline{Q} > L{bol }) broad-line objects provide important constraints on the relationship between the accretion flow and the jet production mechanism.

2008 The Astrophysical Journal
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