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The aim of this work is to investigate the average properties of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) magnetic fields, and to search for possible correlations with the ICM thermal properties and cluster radio emission. We have selected a sample…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. Bonafede , F. Govoni , L. Feretti , M. Murgia , G. Giovannini , M. Brueggen

There is now firm evidence that the ICM consists of a mixture of hot plasma, magnetic fields and relativistic particles. The most important evidences for non-thermal phenomena in galaxy clusters comes from the diffuse Mpc-scale synchrotron…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 R. Cassano , G. Brunetti

Diffuse radio emission associated with the intra-cluster medium (ICM) is observed in a number of merging galaxy clusters. It is currently believed that in mergers a fraction of the kinetic energy is channeled into non-thermal components,…

The vast majority of extragalactic compact continuum radio sources are associated with star formation or jets from (super)massive black holes and, as such, are more likely to be found in association with starburst galaxies or early-type…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-20 D. Vohl , H. K. Vedantham , J. W. T. Hessels , C. G. Bassa , D. O. Cook , D. L. Kaplan , T. W. Shimwell , C. Zhang

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between 150MHz luminosity and star formation rate (the SFR-L150 relation) using 150MHz measurements for a near-infrared selected sample of 118,517 $z<1$ galaxies. New radio survey data offer…

We conducted a follow-up study on the analysis of the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) mosaic in the high-latitude outer Galaxy presented in the first paper of this series. Here, we focus on the search for alignment…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-07-10 Ana Erceg , Vibor Jelić , Marijke Haverkorn , Andrea Bracco , Lana Ceraj , Luka Turić , Juan D. Soler

The polarization properties of radio sources at very low frequencies (<200 MHz) have not been widely measured, but the new generation of low-frequency radio telescopes, including the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR: a Square Kilometre Array Low…

The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) is a sensitive, high-resolution 120-168 MHz survey of the Northern sky. The LoTSS First Data Release (DR1) presents 424 square degrees of radio continuum observations over the HETDEX Spring Field…

We use the results from a constrained, cosmological MHD simulation of the Local Universe to predict the radio halo and the gamma-ray flux from the Coma cluster and compare it to current observations. The simulated magnetic field within the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 J. Donnert , K. Dolag , G. Brunetti , R. Cassano , A. Bonafede

In this work we simulate the $50-200$ MHz radio sky that is constrained in the field of view ($5^{\circ}$ radius) of the 21 Centimeter Array (21CMA), by carrying out Monte-Carlo simulations to model redshifted cosmological reionization…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Jingying Wang , Haiguang Xu , Junhua Gu , Tao An , Haijuan Cui , Jianxun Li , Zhongli Zhang , Qian Zheng , Xiang-Ping Wu

Radio mini-haloes are poorly-understood, moderately-extended diffuse radio sources that trace the presence of magnetic fields and relativistic electrons on scales of hundreds of kiloparsecs, predominantly in relaxed clusters. With…

We present a statistical study of several fundamental properties of radio sources in nearby clusters, including the radial distribution within clusters, the radio luminosity function (RLF), and the fraction of galaxies that is radio-active…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Yen-Ting Lin , Joseph J. Mohr

We present a first estimate based on a cosmological gasdynamics simulation of galaxy cluster radio halo counts to be expected in forthcoming low-frequency radio surveys. Our estimate is based on a FLASH simulation of the LCDM model for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 P. M. Sutter , P. M. Ricker

Radio observations over the last two decades have provided evidence that diffuse synchrotron emission in the form of megaparsec-scale radio halos in galaxy clusters is likely tracing regions of the intracluster medium where relativistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-25 G. Bernardi , T. Venturi , R. Cassano , D. Dallacasa , G. Brunetti , V. Cuciti , M. Johnston-Hollitt , N. Oozeer , O. M. Smirnov

We investigate the possibility that radio halos of clusters of galaxies are caused by synchrotron emission of cosmic ray electrons (CRe), which were produced by cosmic ray protons (CRp) interacting hadronically with the intra-cluster medium…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-23 Klaus Dolag , Torsten A. Ensslin

Non-thermal radio emission from cosmic ray electrons in the vicinity of merging galaxy clusters is an important tracer of cluster merger activity, and is the result of complex physical processes that involve magnetic fields, particle…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Samuel W. Skillman , Hao Xu , Eric J. Hallman , Brian W. O'Shea , Jack O. Burns , Hui Li , David C. Collins , Michael L. Norman

Diffuse synchrotron emission in the form of radio halos and radio relics probe the existence of relativistic electrons and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. These nonthermal components are generated from the dissipation of kinetic energy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-24 Andrea Botteon

We have exploited LOFAR deep observations of the Lockman Hole field at 150 MHz to investigate the relation between the radio luminosity of star-forming galaxies (SFGs) and their star formation rates (SFRs), as well as its dependence on…

Covering $\sim$5600 deg$^2$ to rms sensitivities of $\sim$70$-$100 $\mu$Jy beam$^{-1}$, the LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey Data Release 2 (LoTSS-DR2) provides the largest low-frequency ($\sim$150 MHz) radio catalogue to date, making it an…