Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1994-06-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
to appear in the ApJ; 17 pages, plain TEX
Scientific paper
10.1086/174799
We present here new VLBI observations of one FR-I radio galaxy (NGC2484) and two Broad Line FR-II radio galaxies (3C109 and 3C382). For 3C109 new VLA maps are also shown. These sources belong to a complete sample of radio galaxies under study for a better knowledge of their structures at parsec resolution. The parsec structure of these 3 objects is very similar: asymmetric emission which we interpret as the core plus a one-sided jet. The parsec scale jet is always on the same side of the main kpc-scale jet. The limit on the jet to counterjet brightness ratio, the ratio of the core radio power to the total radio power and the Synchrotron-self Compton model allow us to derive some constraints on the jet velocity and orientation with respect to the line of sight. From these data and from those published on 2 other sources of our sample, we suggest that parsec scale jets are relativistic in both FR-I and FR-II radio galaxies and that pc scale properties in FR-I and FR-II radio galaxies are very similar despite of the large difference between these two classes of radio galaxies on the kpc scale.
Feretti Luigina
Giovannini Gabriele
Lara Liana
Marcaide Jon
Rioja Maria
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