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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 383, Issue 1, Pages 104-111Publisher
E D P SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20011714
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galaxies : active; galaxies : elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies : jets; galaxies : nuclei
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We examine the optical properties of the nuclei of low luminosity radio-galaxies using snapshot HST images of the B2 sample. In agreement with the results obtained from the analysis of the brighter 3C/FR I sample, we find a correlation between fluxes (and luminosities) of the optical and radio cores. This provides further support for the interpretation that the optical nuclear emission in FR I is dominated by synchrotron emission and that accretion in these sources takes place in a low efficiency radiative regime. In the framework of the FR I/BL Lacs unified scheme, we find that the luminosity difference between FR I and BL Lac nuclei can be reproduced with a common beaming factor in both the radio and the optical band, independent of the extended radio luminosity, thus supporting such a scenario. The corresponding bulk Lorentz factor is significantly smaller than is expected from observational and theoretical considerations in BL Lacs: this can be interpreted as due to a velocity structure in the jet, with a fast spine surrounded by a slower layer.
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