Publication Date:
2015-12-18
Description:
Approximately 10–20 per cent of active galactic nuclei (AGN) are known to eject powerful jets from the innermost regions. There is very little observational evidence if the jets are powered by spinning black holes and if the accretion discs extend to the innermost regions in radio-loud AGN. Here, we study the soft X-ray excess, the hard X-ray spectrum and the optical/UV emission from the radio-loud narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy PKS 0558–504 using Suzaku and Swift observations. The broad-band X-ray continuum of PKS 0558–504 consists of a soft X-ray excess emission below 2 keV that is well described by a blackbody ( kT ~ 0.13 keV) and high-energy emission that is well described by a thermal Comptonization (compps) model with kT e ~ 250 keV, optical depth ~ 0.05 (spherical corona) or kT e ~ 90 keV, ~ 0.5 (slab corona). The Comptonizing corona in PKS 0558–504 is likely hotter than in radio-quiet Seyferts such as IC 4329A and Swift J2127.4+5654. The observed soft X-ray excess can be modelled as blurred reflection from an ionized accretion disc or optically thick thermal Comptonization in a low-temperature plasma. Both the soft X-ray excess emission when interpreted as the blurred reflection and the optical/UV to soft X-ray emission interpreted as intrinsic disc Comptonized emission implies spinning ( a 〉 0.6) black hole. These results suggest that disc truncation at large radii and retrograde black hole spin both are unlikely to be the necessary conditions for launching the jets.
Print ISSN:
0035-8711
Electronic ISSN:
1365-2966
Topics:
Physics
