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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 516, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200913888
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galaxies: clusters: general; galaxies: nuclei; galaxies: jets; galaxies: structure; radio continuum: galaxies
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- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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We present new VLBI observations at 5 GHz of a complete sample of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in nearby Abell clusters (distance class < 3). Combined with data from the literature, we provide parsec-scale information for 34 BCGs. Our analysis of the parsec-scale radio emission of BCGs and the cluster X-ray properties finds a possible dichotomy between BCGs in cool-core clusters and those in non-cool-core clusters. Among resolved sources, those in cool-core clusters tend to have two-sided parsec-scale jets, while those in less relaxed clusters have predominantly one-sided parsec-scale jets. We suggest that this difference is caused by the interplay between the jets and the surrounding medium. The one-sided structure in non-cool-core clusters may be due to Doppler boosting effects in relativistic, intrinsically symmetric jets whereas two-sided morphology in cool core clusters is probably related to the presence of heavy and mildly relativistic jets that have been decelerated on the parsec-scale. Evidence of recurrent activity is also found in BCGs in cool-core clusters.
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