RADIO PROPERTIES OF NARROW-LINED SEYFERT-1 GALAXIES

We have observed seven narrow-lined Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxies and one high-ionization Seyfert 2 galaxy with the VLA. Combining these observations with published data, we summarize the radio properties of the NLS1 galaxies for which spectropolarimetry was reported by Goodrich [ApJ, 342, 224 (1989)]. Fifteen of these 17 objects now have published radio observations of high sensitivity, and only nine of those have been detected. For a Hubble parameter of 75 km s-1 Mpc-1, the 6 cm radio powers range from 1020 to 1023 W Hz-1, within the range previously found for other types of Seyfert galaxy. The median radio size of the nine VLA-detected galaxies is no larger than 300 pc, similar to the median size found by Ulvestad & Wilson [ApJ, 343, 659 (1989)] for a distance-limited sample of Seyfert galaxies. Of the six NLS1 galaxies known to have significant intrinsic optical polarization, three have measurable radio axes. Two of those three galaxies have radio major axes close to 90° from their polarization position angles, while the third has an inner radio axis that may be nearly parallel to the polarization position angle. The former relationship is expected for a Seyfert 1 in a unified model of Seyfert galaxies, assuming no intrinsic continuum polarization.