Magnetic Fields in Galaxy Clusters
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Magnetic fields in galaxy clusters can be investigated using a variety of techniques. Recent studies including radio halos, Inverse Compton hard X-ray emissions and Faraday rotation measure, are briefly outlined. A numerical approach for investigating cluster magnetic fields strength and structure is presented. It consists of producing simulated rotation measure, radio halo images, and radio halo polarization, obtained from 3-dimensional multi-scale cluster magnetic field models, and comparing with observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0311385,
title = {Magnetic Fields in Galaxy Clusters},
author = {Federica Govoni and Matteo Murgia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0311385},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 Postscript figures. To be published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific in Highlights of Astronomy, Vol 13, as part of the Proceedings of IAU JD10, Evolution in Galaxy Clusters: A Multiwavelength Approach