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Odd radio circles (ORCs) are mysterious rings of faint, diffuse emission recently discovered in radio surveys, some of which may be associated with galaxies in relatively dense environments. We propose such ORCs to be synchrotron emission…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-05-03 Yutaka Fujita , Norita Kawanaka , Susumu Inoue

Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) are a class of low surface brightness, circular objects approximately one arcminute in diameter. ORCs were recently discovered in the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) data, and subsequently…

Jet feedback from active galactic nuclei (AGN) is one of the most promising mechanisms for suppressing cooling flows in cool-core clusters. However, the composition of AGN jets and bubbles remains uncertain; they could be thermally…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-01-25 Yen-Hsing Lin , H. -Y. Karen Yang , Ellis R. Owen

Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) are a new class of distinct radio objects that has recently been discovered. The origin of these features is yet unclear because their peculiar properties are a challenge for our current understanding of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-04 Anna Ivleva , Ludwig M. Böss , Klaus Dolag , Bärbel S. Koribalski , Ildar Khabibullin

Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) are unexpected faint circles of diffuse radio emission discovered in recent wide deep radio surveys. They are typically about one arcmin in diameter, and may be spherical shells of synchrotron emission about a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-11-03 Ray P. Norris , Evan Crawford , Peter Macgregor

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

A new class of radio source, the so-called Odd Radio Circles (ORCs), have been discovered by recent sensitive, large-area radio continuum surveys. The distances of these sources have so far relied on photometric redshifts of optical…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-04-11 David Rupke , Alison Coil , Kelly Whalen , John Moustakas , Christy Tremonti , Serena Perrotta

We present a systematic search for Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) and other unusual radio morphologies using data from the first year of the EMU (Evolutionary Map of the Universe) survey. ORCs are rare, enigmatic objects characterized by…

Odd Radio Circles or ORCs are recently discovered edge-brightened, low surface brightness circular radio sources. The progenitors and astrophysical processes responsible for their origins are presently debated. Some ORCs are host-less and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-08-03 A. Omar

We present three rare and striking extragalactic radio sources discovered through visual inspection of low-frequency continuum maps from LoTSS DR2 and TGSS by the RAD@home citizen-science collaboratory. The first, RAD J131346.9+500320, is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-03 Ananda Hota , Pratik Dabhade , Prasun Machado , Joydeep Das , Aarti Muley , Arundhati Purohit

The physical nature and origins of the newly discovered class of Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) remain unclear. We investigate a model whereby ORCs are synchrotron-emitting vortex rings formed by the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability (RMI) when a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-16 Yiting Wang , Sebastian Heinz

Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) are a new class of extragalactic object, with large rings of faint radio continuum emission typically spanning 100s of kpc; their origins are unknown. Previous optical spectroscopy of the central galaxy in ORC4, a…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-15 Alison L. Coil , David S. N. Rupke , Serena Perrotta , Saloni Agrawal , Cassandra Lochhaas

The origin of arcmin-sized Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) found in modern all-sky radio surveys remain uncertain, with explanations ranging from starburst/AGN-driven shocks to supernova remnants (SNRs) in the low-density ambient medium. Using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-23 Sumit K. Sarbadhicary , Todd A. Thompson , Laura A. Lopez , Smita Mathur

We present detailed observations of MRC 0116+111, revealing a luminous, mini radio-halo of ~240 kpc diameter located at the centre of a cluster of galaxies at redshift z = 0.131. Our optical and multi-wavelength GMRT and VLA radio…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Joydeep Bagchi , Joe Jacob , Gopal-Krishna , Norbert Werner , Nitin Wadnerkar , Jaydeep Belapure , A. C. Kumbharkhane

Odd Radio Circles (ORCs) are recently-discovered faint diffuse circles of radio emission, of unknown cause, surrounding galaxies at moderate redshift ($z ~ 0.2-0.6). Here we present detailed new MeerKAT radio images at 1284 MHz of the first…

Radio relics are arc-like synchrotron sources at the periphery of galaxy clusters, produced by cosmic-ray electrons in a $\mu$G magnetic field which are believed to have been (re-)accelerated by merger shock fronts. However, not all relics…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-11-01 John ZuHone , Kristian Ehlert , Rainer Weinberger , Christoph Pfrommer

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are luminous millisecond-duration radio pulses with extragalactic origin, which were discovered more than a decade ago. Despite the numerous samples, the physical origin of FRBs remains poorly understood. FRBs have…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-08 Z. Y. Zhao , K. Chen , F. Y. Wang , Z. G. Dai

Feeding and feedback of active galactic nuclei (AGN) are critical for understanding the dynamics and thermodynamics of the intracluster medium (ICM) within the cores of galaxy clusters. While radio bubbles inflated by AGN jets could be…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-01-23 H. -Y. K. Yang , M. Gaspari , C. Marlow

Radio relics in galaxy clusters are extended synchrotron sources produced by cosmic-ray electrons in the $\mu$G magnetic field. Many relics are found in the cluster periphery and have a cluster-centric, narrow arc-like shape, which suggests…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-06-23 John A. ZuHone , Maxim Markevitch , Rainer Weinberger , Paul Nulsen , Kristian Ehlert

A measurable fraction ($\sim8$ per cent) of recently discovered arcmin-size circular diffuse radio sources termed as Odd Radio Circles or ORCs can be supernovae remnants in the intragroup medium, within the local group and its immediate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-04-12 A. Omar
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