2006A&A...451...35B -
Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 451, 35-44 (2006/5-3)
The Chandra view of the 3C/FR I sample of low luminosity radio-galaxies.
BALMAVERDE B., CAPETTI A. and GRANDI P.
Abstract (from CDS):
We present results from Chandra observations of the 3C/FR I sample of low luminosity radio-galaxies. We detected a power-law nuclear component in 12 objects out of the 18 with available data. In 4 galaxies we detected nuclear X-ray absorption at a level of NH~(0.2-6)x1022cm–2. X-ray absorbed sources are associated with the presence of highly inclined dusty disks (or dust filaments projected onto the nuclei) seen in the HST images. This suggests the existence of a flattened X-ray absorber, but of much lower optical depth than in classical obscuring tori. We thus have an unobstructed view toward most FR I nuclei, while absorption plays only a marginal role in the remaining objects. Three pieces of evidence support a jet origin for the X-ray cores: i) the presence of strong correlations between the nuclear luminosities in the radio, optical, and X-ray bands, extending over 4 orders of magnitude and having a much smaller dispersion (∼0.3dex) when compared to similar trends found for other classes of AGNs, all of which points to a common origin for the emission in the three bands; ii) the close similarity of the broad-band spectral indices with the sub-class of BL Lac objects sharing the same range of extended radio-luminosity, in accord with the FR I/BL Lacs unified model; iii) the presence of a common luminosity evolution of spectral indices in both FR I and BL Lacs. The low luminosities of the X-ray nuclei, regardless of their origin, strengthens the interpretation of low efficiency accretion in low luminosity radio-galaxies.
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galaxies: active - galaxies: BL Lacertae objects: general - galaxies: nuclei - galaxies: jets
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