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A number of merging galaxy clusters show the presence of large-scale radio emission associated with the intra-cluster medium (ICM). These synchrotron sources are generally classified as radio haloes and radio relics. Whilst it is commonly…

Deep radio observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 781 have been carried out using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at 325 MHz and have been compared to previous 610 MHz observations and to archival VLA 1.4 GHz data. The radio emission…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 T. Venturi , S. Giacintucci , D. Dallacasa , G. Brunetti , R. Cassano , G. Macario , R. Athreya

Galaxy clusters with signs for a recent merger show in many cases extended diffuse radio features. This emission originates from relativistic electrons which suffer synchrotron losses due to the intra-cluster magnetic field. The mechanisms…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-02-11 A. Drabent , M. Hoeft , R. F. Pizzo , A. Bonafede , R. J. van Weeren , U. Klein

Abell 754 is a rich galaxy cluster at $z=0.0543$ and is considered the prototype of a major cluster merger. Like many dynamically unrelaxed systems, it hosts diffuse radio emission on Mpc-scales. Extended synchrotron sources in the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-16 A. Botteon , R. J. van Weeren , D. Eckert , F. Gastaldello , M. Markevitch , S. Giacintucci , G. Brunetti , R. Kale , T. Venturi

We present deep XMM-Newton, Karl Jansky Very Large Array, and upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope observations of Abell 746, a cluster that hosts a plethora of diffuse emission sources that provide evidence for the acceleration of…

We present new low-frequency ($\nu = 88$-216 MHz) observations of the complex merging galaxy cluster Abell 3266. These new observations are taken with the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in its Phase II 'extended', long-baseline…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-16 S. W. Duchesne , M. Johnston-Hollitt , C. J. Riseley , I. Bartalucci , S. R. Keel

We present the first deep low frequency radio observations of the massive and highly disturbed galaxy cluster Abell 2744 using the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT). The cluster is experiencing a very complex multiple merger…

We present results on 12 X-ray bright clusters observed at 1.4 GHz with the Green Bank Telescope. After subtraction of point sources, we reach a median (best) 1-sigma noise level of 0.01 (0.006) microJy/sq. arcsec, and find a significant…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Damon Farnsworth , Lawrence Rudnick , Shea Brown , Gianfranco Brunetti

We report on full-polarization radio observations of the Perseus cluster (Abell 426) using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT) at wavelengths from 81-95 cm. We have employed a novel technique, Rotation Measure synthesis…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. G. de Bruyn , M. A. Brentjens

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

Abell 2146 ($z=0.232$) is a massive galaxy cluster currently undergoing a spectacular merger in the plane of the sky with a bullet-like morphology. It was the first system in which both the bow and upstream shock fronts were detected at…

Here we analyze radio, optical, and X-ray data for a peculiar cluster Abell 578. This cluster is not fully relaxed and consists of two merging sub-systems. The brightest cluster galaxy, CGPG 0719.8+6704, is a pair of interacting ellipticals…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 K. Hagino , L. Stawarz , A. Siemiginowska , C. C. Cheung , D. Koziel-Wierzbowska , A. Szostek , G. Madejski , D. E. Harris , A. Simionescu , T. Takahashi

We present the first detailed analysis of the ultra-steep spectrum radio halo in the merging galaxy cluster Abell 521, based on upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio telescope (uGMRT) observations. The combination of radio observations (300-850…

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 LOFAR data from 110--180~MHz of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 1682, alongside archival optical, radio and X-ray data. Our 6 arc-second resolution images at low frequencies reveal new structures associated with numerous radio…

We present VLA radio and Chandra X-ray observations of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 3411. For the cluster, we find an overall temperature of 6.4 keV and an X-ray luminosity of 2.8 x 10^{44} erg s^{-1} between 0.5 and 2.0 keV. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-23 R. J. van Weeren , K. Fogarty , C. Jones , W. R. Forman , T. E. Clarke , M. Bruggen , R. P. Kraft , D. V. Lal , S. S. Murray , H. J. A. Rottgering

We present the results of deep Chandra and XMM-Newton X-ray imaging and spatially-resolved spectroscopy of Abell 2256, a nearby (z=0.058) galaxy cluster experiencing multiple mergers and displaying a rich radio morphology dominated by a…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2020-06-10 J. P. Breuer , N. Werner , F. Mernier , T. Mroczkowski , A. Simionescu , T. E. Clarke , J. A. ZuHone , L. Di Mascolo

We present deep VLA observations of the galaxy clusters Abell 2256 and Abell 754, both of which appear to be in the violent stage of major cluster merger events. The complex nature of Abell 2256 is revealed through radio images which, in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. E. Clarke , T. A. Ensslin

Abell 2256 is a nearby (z~0.06), rich cluster of galaxies with fascinating observed properties across a range of wavelengths. Long believed to represent a cluster merger, recent X-ray and optical results have suggested that in addition to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Neal Miller , Frazer Owen , John Hill

Extended steep-spectrum radio emission in a galaxy cluster is usually associated with a recent merger. However, given the complex scenario of galaxy cluster mergers, many of the discovered sources hardly fit into the strict boundaries of a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 F. de Gasperin , G. A. Ogrean , R. J. van Weeren , W. A. Dawson , M. Brüggen , A. Bonafede , A. Simionescu
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