Abstract
We present the optical spectra and simple statistical analysis for a complete sample of 110 soft X-ray–selected AGNs. About half of the sources are narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (NLS1's), which have the steepest X-ray spectra, the strongest Fe II emission, and slightly weaker [O III] λ5007 emission than broad-line Seyfert 1's (BLS1's). Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests show that NLS1's and BLS1's have clearly different distributions of the X-ray spectral slope αX, X-ray short-term variability, and Fe II equivalent widths and luminosity and Fe II/Hβ ratios. The differences in the [O III]/Hβ and [O III] equivalent widths are only marginal. We found no significant differences between NLS1's and BLS1's in their rest-frame 0.2–2.0 X-ray luminosities, rest-frame 5100 monochromatic luminosities, bolometric luminosities, redshifts, and their Hβ equivalent widths.
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Based in part on observations at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla (Chile), with the 2.2 m telescope of the Max Planck Society during MPI and ESO time, and the ESO 1.52 m telescope during ESO time in 1995 September and 1999 September.