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Coincident SZ and $\gamma$-ray signals from cluster virial shocks

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2020-07-15 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

Virial shocks around galaxy clusters are expected to show a cutoff in the thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich (SZ) signal, coincident with a leptonic ring. However, until now, leptonic virial signals were reported only in Coma and in stacked Fermi-LAT clusters, and an SZ virial shock signal was reported only in A2319. We point out that a few clusters --- presently Coma, A2319, and A2142 --- already show a sharp drop in Planck SZ pressure near the virial radius, coincident with a weak LAT γ\gamma-ray excess. These signatures are shown to trace the virial shocks of the clusters, at joint medium to high confidence levels. The electron acceleration rates inferred from γ\gamma-rays are consistent with previous measurements. The combined signal allows a separate measurement of the 0.5%\sim0.5\% acceleration efficiency and of the accretion rate. Lower limits of order a few are imposed on the shock Mach numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1801.01494,
  title  = {Coincident SZ and $\gamma$-ray signals from cluster virial shocks},
  author = {Uri Keshet and Ido Reiss and Guillaume Hurier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.01494},
  year   = {2020}
}

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