2021MNRAS.506.1609C -
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 506, 1609-1622 (2021/September-2)
Parsec-scale properties of eight Fanaroff-Riley type 0 radio galaxies.
CHENG X., AN T., SOHN B.W., HONG X. and WANG A.
Abstract (from CDS):
We report the high-resolution radio observations of eight Fanaroff-Riley type 0 radio galaxies (FR 0s), selected from the published FR 0 sample. These observations were carried out with the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) and European VLBI Network (EVN) at frequencies of 5 and 8 GHz with a highest resolution of ∼0.6 milliarcsec. All eight sources show compact structures on projected physical sizes of 0.3-10 parsec. Six sources show a two-sided structure and two sources show a one-sided jet structure. J1025+1022 shows an X-shaped jet structure, which could result from a reorientation of the jet axis due to a restart of the central engine or a projection of a highly curved inner jet. However, more studies are needed to examine these scenarios. Proper motions for 22 jet components of the eight sources are determined to be between -0.08 c and 0.51 c. Although most of the sources exhibit flat spectra, other observed characteristics, such as low-amplitude flux density variations, low jet proper motion speeds and symmetric two-sided jet structures, tend to support the fact that the parsec-scale FR 0 jets are mildly relativistic with lower bulk Lorentz factors and larger viewing angles.
Abstract Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.
Journal keyword(s):
galaxies: active - galaxies: jets - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics
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