The Population of Gamma-Ray Loud NLSy1 Galaxies With Blazar-Like Properties

We report an investigation of the blazar-like properties for a subset of a sample of radio-loud NLSy1 galaxies. Using the properties of rapid and large amplitude optical and radio variability, rapid and large amplitude variations in the optical polarization and position angle, and choosing a sample that is very radio loud (R > 100), we find that that one can identify a sample of NLSy1 galaxies which exhibit properties, such as gamma ray emission, that are thought to be characteristic of the presence of relativistic jets oriented near the line-of-sight to the observer. As a result, we report the identification a number of newly discovered gamma-ray loud NLSy1 galaxies found in the Fermi database.