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We present the first band-2 (120--250\,MHz) uGMRT (upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope) observations of the bimodal galaxy cluster Abell\,1644 (\(z = 0.0471\)), complemented by Chandra X-ray data. While weak lensing measurements reveal…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-24 Humaira Bashir , R. Kale , Asif Iqbal , Manzoor A. Malik

Diffuse radio emission has been found in many galaxy clusters, predominantly in massive systems which are in the state of merging. The radio emission can usually be classified as relic or halo emission, which are believed to be related to…

Nonthermal emission observed in galaxy clusters provides a direct probe into the plasma physics of the intra-cluster medium (ICM) under extreme conditions. We report the first detailed analysis of the giant radio halo in the merging galaxy…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-01 Ramananda Santra , Ruta Kale , Simona Giacintucci , Herve Bourdin , Rashi Jain , Andrea Botteon , Gianfranco Brunetti

We present a long BeppoSAX observation of Abell 754 that reports a nonthermal excess with respect to the thermal emission at energies greater than ~45 keV. A VLA radio observation at 1.4 GHz definitely confirms the existence of diffuse…

The origin of radio halos in galaxy clusters is still unknown and is the subject of a vibrant debate both from the observational and theoretical point of view. In particular the amount and the nature of non-thermal plasma and of the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 S. Colafrancesco , M. S. Emritte , N. Mhlahlo , P. Marchegiani

Galaxy clusters are the most massive gravitationally bound structures in the Universe. They grow by accreting smaller structures in a merging process that produces shocks and turbulence in the intra-cluster gas. We observed a ridge of radio…

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

Recent advances in high-sensitivity radio observations have uncovered a population of faint, ultra-steep-spectrum sources in galaxy clusters, commonly known as radio phoenixes. However, their observational classification remains poorly…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-28 Nasmi S Anand , Swarna Chatterjee , Ramij Raja , Majidul Rahaman , Abhirup Datta

Galaxy clusters undergo mergers that can generate extended radio sources called radio relics. Radio relics are the consequence of merger-induced shocks that propagate in the intra cluster medium (ICM). In this paper we analyse the radio,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-21 F. de Gasperin , H. T. Intema , J. Ridl , M. Salvato , R. van Weeren , A. Bonafede , J. Greiner , R. Cassano , M. Bruggen

Radio halos are extended ($\sim{\rm Mpc}$), steep-spectrum sources found in the central region of dynamically disturbed clusters of galaxies. Only a handful of radio halos have been reported to reside in galaxy clusters with a mass…

We have performed the the first census of Mpc-scale radio emission to include control fields and quantifiable upper limits for bright X-ray clusters in the range 0.03<z<0.3 . Through reprocessing radio images from the WENSS survey, we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2010-01-15 Lawrence Rudnick , Jeffrey Lemmerman

Results are presented of a new VLA-ROSAT study that probes the magnetic field strength and distribution over a sample of 16 ``normal'' low redshift (z < 0.1) galaxy clusters. The clusters span two orders of magnitude in X-ray luminosity,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 T. E. Clarke , P. P. Kronberg , H. Boehringer

Radio observations were used to detect the `active' galaxy population within rich clusters of galaxies in a non-biased manner that is not plagued by dust extinction or the K-correction. We present wide-field radio, optical (imaging and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. E. Morrison , F. N. Owen , M. J. Ledlow , W. C. Keel , J. M. Hill , W. Voges , T. Herter

We model the high-energy emission that results from the interaction of relativistic particles with photons and matter in the cluster of galaxies Abell 3376. The presence of relativistic particles is inferred from the recently found radio…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Anabella T. Araudo , Sofia A. Cora , Gustavo E. Romero

We present new Chandra X-ray and Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (GMRT) radio observations of the nearby merging galaxy cluster Abell 754. Our X-ray data confirm the presence of a shock front by obtaining the first direct measurement of a…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Giulia Macario , Maxim Markevitch , Simona Giacintucci , Gianfranco Brunetti , Tiziana Venturi , Stephen S. Murray

The new Spectrum Roentgen Gamma (SRG) eROSITA X-ray telescope has a superior response to extended soft X-rays, which makes it ideal for studying low X-ray surface brightness emission of cosmic filaments. We search for extended X-ray…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-20 J. Dietl , F. Pacaud , T. H. Reiprich , A. Veronica , K. Migkas , C. Spinelli , K. Dolag , B. Seidel

The cluster Abell 2199 is one of the prototypical ``cooling flow'' clusters. Its central cD galaxy is host to a steep-spectrum radio source, of the type associated with cooling cores. In this paper we combine radio data with new ROSAT HRI…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 F. N. Owen , J. A. Eilek

Mergers between galaxy clusters often drive shocks into the intra cluster medium (ICM), the effects of which are sometimes visible via temperature and density jumps in the X-ray, and via radio emission from relativistic particles energized…

We report the first detection of an inverse Compton X-ray emission, spatially correlated with a very steep spectrum radio source (VSSRS), 0038-096, without any detected optical counterpart, in cluster Abell 85. The ROSAT PSPC data and its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 J. Bagchi , V. Pislar , G. B. Lima Neto

The initial results from XMM-Newton observations of the rich cluster of galaxies Abell 1795 are presented. The spatially-resolved X-ray spectra taken by the European Photon Imaging Cameras (EPIC) show a temperature drop at a radius of $\sim…