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Table 1

Model parameters for Cen A.

Parameter Value

Mbh: black hole mass 108   M
Rg: gravitational radius 1.47 × 1013 cm
: jet kinetic power at z0 6.28 × 1044 erg  s-1
qj: ratio 0.1
Γb(z0): bulk Lorentz factor of the jet at z0 3
θ: viewing angle 30°
ξj: jet’s half-opening angle 2.5°
qrel: jet’s content of relativistic particles 0.05
a: hadron-to-lepton power ratio 0.025
z0: jet’s launching point 50  Rg
qm: magnetic to kinetic energy ratio at zacc 0.38
zacc: injection point 132   Rg
Δz: size of injection zone 2   zacctanξj = 11.5  Rg
B(zacc): magnetic field at zacc 3065   G
m: index for magnetic field dependence on z 1.5
s: injection spectral index 1.8
η: acceleration efficiency 10-2
: minimum proton energy 3   GeV
: minimum electron energy 0.1   GeV
: maximum primary proton energy 2 × 107   GeV
: maximum primary electron energy 200   GeV
NH: column dust density 1023   cm-2
nc(zacc): cold matter density inside the jet at zacc 3 × 108   cm-3

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