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We present a statistical analysis of the Chandra observation of the source field around the 3C 295 galaxy cluster (z=0.46) aimed at the search for clustering of X-ray sources. We applied three different methods of analysis, all suggesting a…

Radio synchrotron emission from the bridges of low-density gas connecting galaxy clusters and groups is a challenge for particle acceleration processes. In this work, we analyse the Coma radio bridge using new LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR)…

We report the detection of the lens cluster of the gravitational lens (GL) system Q0957+561 from a deep observation with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer on-board the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Intracluster X-ray emission is found to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Chartas , V. Gupta , G. Garmire , C. Jones , E. E. Falco , I. I. Shapiro , F. Tavecchio

The brightest cluster radio halo known resides in the Coma cluster of galaxies. The relativistic electrons producing this diffuse synchrotron emission should also produce inverse Compton emission that becomes competitive with thermal…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Daniel R. Wik , Craig L. Sarazin , Alexis Finoguenov , Kyoko Matsushita , Kazuhiro Nakazawa , Tracy E. Clarke

We present the results from a pilot study with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (JVLA) to determine the radio morphologies of extended radio sources and the properties of their host-galaxies in 10 massive galaxy clusters at z~1, an epoch…

We report on ROSAT HRI observations of the z=0.61 radio galaxy 3C220.1. The X-ray emission from this object consists of an extended component, which we attribute to luminous cluster emission, and a compact central source. The compact…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 M. J. Hardcastle , C. R. Lawrence , D. M. Worrall

We report the results from a 200 ks Chandra observation of the z=1.786 radio galaxy 3C294 and its cluster environment, increasing by tenfold our earlier observation. The diffuse emission, extending about 100 kpc around the nucleus, has a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-17 A. C. Fabian , J. S. Sanders , C. S. Crawford , S. Ettori

We have obtained deep and wide field imaging of the Coma cluster of galaxies with the CFH12K camera at CFHT in the B, V, R and I filters. In this paper, we present the observations, data reduction, catalogs and first scientific results. We…

Over the last 3 yrs, the Galactic center (GC) region has been monitored with the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. With 11 Chandra observations through 2002 June, the total effective exposure reaches ~590 ks, providing significant photon…

We detect a highly significant excess of X-ray (2RXS) and radio (NVSS, GMRT, VLSSr) catalog sources when stacked around MCXC galaxy clusters and groups, narrowly confined within $\lesssim100\mathrm{\,kpc}$ of the $\sim2.4 R_{500}$ virial…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-12-09 Gideon Ilani , Kuan-Chou Hou , Uri Keshet

We report on the progress of our search for serendipitous distant X-ray galaxy clusters in the ROSAT PSPC pointed observations archive. The initial aim of our work is to measure the X-ray luminosity function of clusters down to 4 x 10^-14…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 D. J. Burke , C. A. Collins , R. C. Nichol , A. K. Romer , B. Holden , R. M. Sharples , M. P. Ulmer

Context. The diffuse X-ray emission surrounding radio galaxies is generally interpreted either as due to inverse Compton scattering of non-thermal radio-emitting electrons on the Cosmic Microwave Background (IC/CMB), or as the thermal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-17 A. Paggi , F. Massaro , H. A. Pena-Herazo , V. Missaglia , F. Ricci , C. Stuardi , R. P. Kraft , G. R. Tremblay , S. A. Baum , B. J. Wilkes

We have searched for the 3.55 keV line from sterile neutrino decay using 3.1 megaseconds of RXTE cluster data. A 2.5$\sigma$ excess of emission over a thermal model is found over the energy span of the 3.55 keV line in the combined spectra…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-04-24 Mark J. Henriksen

The radio spectral index map of the Coma halo shows a progressive steepening of the spectral index with increasing radius. Such a steepening cannot be simply justified by models involving continuous injection of fresh particles in the Coma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 G. Brunetti , G. Setti , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini

We have found compact, near-nuclear X-ray sources in 21 (54\%) of a complete sample of 39 nearby face-on spiral and elliptical galaxies with available ROSAT HRI data. ROSAT X-ray luminosities (0.2 $-$ 2.4 keV) of these compact X-ray sources…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 E. J. M. Colbert , R. F. Mushotzky

We have obtained 21cm images of 19 spiral galaxies in the Coma cluster, using the VLA in its C and D configurations. The sample selection was based on morphology, brightness, and optical diameters of galaxies within one Abell radius (1.2…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Bravo-Alfaro , V. Cayatte , J. H. van Gorkom , C. Balkowski

X-ray selected galaxy group samples are usually generated by searching for extended X- ray sources that reflect the thermal radiation of the intragroup medium. On the other hand, large radio galaxies that regularly occupy galaxy groups also…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 Vibor Jelic , Vernesa Smolcic , Alexis Finoguenov , Masayuki Tanaka , Francesca Civano , Eva Schinnerer , Nico Cappelluti , Anton Koekemoer

We investigate the feasibility of detecting and probing various components of the ionized intergalactic medium (IGM) and their turbulent properties at radio frequencies through observations of scatter broadening of compact sources. There is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-01 J. Y. Koay , J. -P. Macquart

(Abridged) Spectral and time variability analysis of the region of the hard X-ray transient EXS 1737.9-2952 near the Galactic Centre (GC), using data from the Narrow Field Instruments of BeppoSAX is reported. The main results are the MECS…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Huovelin , J. Schultz , O. Vilhu , D. Hannikainen , P. Muhli , Ph. Durouchoux

The excess in extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) radiation and high energy X-rays (HEX) of Coma may be modeled by power law spectra. Their origin could be inverse Compton (IC) emission by relativistic electrons. The scattered photon fields can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Torsten A. Ensslin , Richard Lieu , Peter L. Biermann