Table 6.
Physical parameters of the radio emission of the different components of Fornax A according to the results of the spectral modelling.
| Component |
 |
αinj |
νbreak [GHz] |
tOFF/ts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CI | CIOFF | CI | CIOFF | CI | CIOFF | CIOFF | |
| Total | 1.29 | 0.38 |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| East lobe | 1.65 | 1.03 |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| West lobe | 1.80 | 0.45 |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| kpc-core | 10.1 | 20.3 |  |
 |
≳250 | ≳250 | – |
| Jets | 2.69 | 1.01 |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Notes. 
: reliability of the best-fit model. αinj: injection index of the flux density distribution. νbreak: break-frequency of the spectrum. tOFF/ts: ratio between the total lifetime of the AGN and the off-phase. Further details about these parameters are given in Sect. 5.
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