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Low-frequency radio observations of galaxy clusters are the key to detecting the diffuse extended emission associated with them. The presence and properties of such radio sources in galaxy clusters reveal the existence of magnetic fields on…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. F. Pizzo , A. G. de Bruyn , L. Feretti , F. Govoni

We have performed 323 MHz observations with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope of the most promising candidates selected from the MACS catalog. The aim of the work is to extend our knowledge of the radio halo and relic populations to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Bonafede , M Brueggen , R. van Weeren , F. Vazza , G. Giovannini , H. Ebeling , A. C. Edge , M. Hoeft , U. Klein

We analyzed a deep Chandra observation (334 ks) of the galaxy cluster Abell 115 and detected a shock co-spatial with the radio relic. The X-ray surface brightness profile across the shock region presents a discontinuity, corresponding to a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-05-02 A. Botteon , F. Gastaldello , G. Brunetti , D. Dallacasa

Some merging galaxy clusters host diffuse extended radio emission, so-called radio halos and relics. Here we present observations between 147 MHz and 4.9 GHz of a new radio-selected galaxy cluster 1RXS J0603.3+4214 (z=0.225). The cluster is…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 R. J. van Weeren , H. J. A. Rottgering , H. T. Intema , L. Rudnick , M. Bruggen , M. Hoeft , J. B. R. Oonk

Previously it has been recognized that radio halos in galaxy clusters are preferentially associated with merging systems as indicated by substructure in the X-ray images and temperature maps. Since, however, many clusters without radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 David A. Buote

Recent observations of galaxy clusters in radio and X-ray indicate that cosmic rays and magnetic fields may be energetically important in the intracluster medium. According to the estimates based on theses observational studies, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

The existence of magnetic fields associated with the intracluster medium in clusters of galaxies is now well established through different methods of analysis. Magnetic fields are investigated in the radio band from studies of the rotation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Federica Govoni , Luigina Feretti

In a binary merger of two subclusters with comparable masses, a pair of merger shocks are typically generated, often manifesting as double radio relics. Using cosmological hydrodynamic simulations, we identify major merger events with mass…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-12-03 Eunyu Lee , Dongsu Ryu , Hyesung Kang

We present the first high resolution MHD simulation of cosmic-ray electron reacceleration by turbulence in cluster mergers. We use an idealised model for cluster mergers, combined with a numerical model for the injection, cooling and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Julius Donnert , Klaus Dolag , Gianfranco Brunetti , Rossella Cassano

(Abridged) Radio relics in galaxy clusters are believed to be associated with powerful shock fronts that originate during cluster mergers, and are a testbed for the acceleration of relativistic particles in the intracluster medium.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-06 Kaustuv Basu , Franco Vazza , Jens Erler , Martin Sommer

Radio relics are diffuse extended synchrotron sources that originate from shock fronts induced by galaxy cluster mergers. The actual particle acceleration mechanism at the shock fronts is still under debate. The galaxy cluster 1RXS…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-04-15 K. Rajpurohit , M. Hoeft , F. Vazza , L. Rudnick , R. J. van Weeren , D. Wittor , A. Drabent , M. Brienza , F. Loi , E. Bonnassieux , N. Locatelli , R. Kale , C. Dumba

Giant radio halos in galaxy clusters probe mechanisms of particle acceleration connected with cluster merger events. Shocks and turbulence are driven in the inter-galactic-medium (IGM) during clusters mergers and may have a deep impact on…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 G. Brunetti

We report a discovery of a double radio relic in the cluster merger ZwCl1447.2+2619 ($z=0.376$) with uGMRT observations at $420\rm~MHz$ and $700\rm~MHz$. The linear sizes of the northern and southern relics are $\sim0.3~$Mpc and…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-12 Wonki Lee , M. James Jee , Kyle Finner , Kim HyeongHan , Ruta Kale , Hyein Yoon , William Forman , Ralph Kraft , Christine Jones , Aeree Chung

The presence of magnetic fields in galaxy clusters has been well established in recent years, and their importance for the understanding of the physical processes at work in the Intra Cluster Medium has been recognized. Halo and relic…

A large number of supernova remnants (SNRs) in our Galaxy and galaxies nearby have been resolved in various radio bands. This radio emission is thought to be produced via synchrotron emission from electrons accelerated by the shock that the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2016-07-27 Rodolfo Barniol Duran , Joseph F. Whitehead , Dimitrios Giannios

New adaptive mesh refinement N-body + hydrodynamics numerical simulations are used to illustrate the complex and changing cluster environments in which many radio galaxies live and evolve. Groups and clusters of galaxies form at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. O. Burns , C. Loken , K. Roettiger , E. Rizza , G. Bryan , M. L. Norman , P. Gomez , F. N. Owen

Recently, a new population of circular radio ($\sim$GHz) objects have been discovered at high Galactic latitudes, called the Odd Radio Circles (ORCs). A fraction of the ORCs encircles massive galaxies in the sky with stellar mass $\sim…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-01-26 Shotaro Yamasaki , Kartick C. Sarkar , Zhaozhou Li

Context. The recent discovery of so-called mega radio halos as a new class of diffuse, steep-spectrum radio sources in clusters of galaxies has raised questions about the origin and the evolution of cluster-wide radio emission. Aims. We…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-02 Luca Beduzzi , Franco Vazza , Virginia Cuciti , Gianfranco Brunetti , Marcus Brüggen , Denis Wittor

Diffuse radio sources known as radio relics are direct tracers of shocks in the outskirts of merging galaxy clusters. PSZ2 G200.95-28.16, a low-mass merging cluster($\textrm{M}_{500} = (2.7 \pm 0.2) \times 10^{14}~\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-26 Arpan Pal , Ruta Kale , Qian H. S. Wang , Daniel R. Wik

Observations of galaxy cluster mergers provide insights on the particle acceleration and heating mechanisms taking place within the intracluster medium. Mergers form shocks that propagate through the plasma, which result in shock/cold…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-12 Ayşegül Tümer , Daniel R. Wik , Gerrit Schellenberger , Eric D. Miller , Marshall W. Bautz