BEPPOSAX OBSERVATIONS OF LOW-POWER RADIO GALAXIES - POSSIBLE DETECTION OF OBSCURED NUCLEI

We present the first results of BeppoSAX observations of a small sampl e of low brightness FRI radio galaxies. The flux of all the targets is consistent with a thermal spectrum, as due to the presence of hot int racluster gas or galactic corona. Moreover in three sources a non ther mal absorbed spectrum can be present in the MECS spectrum at energies greater than or similar to 7 keV, while for a fourth object a high ene rgy flux has been detected in the PDS instrument at energies greater t han or similar to 15 keV. This component could be related to the inner AGN surrounded by an obscuring torus.