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We report the discovery of large-scale diffuse radio emission from what appears to be a large-scale filamentary network of galaxies in the region of cluster ZwCl 2341.1+0000, and stretching over an area of at least $6 h^{-1}_{50}$ Mpc in…

The aim of this work is to investigate the possible presence of extended diffuse synchrotron radio emission associated with the intracluster medium of the complex galaxy cluster A1689. The radio continuum emission of A1689 has been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 V. Vacca , F. Govoni , M. Murgia , G. Giovannini , L. Feretti , M. Tugnoli , M. A. Verheijen , G. B. Taylor

Using the large statistics provided by both Euclid and the LOFAR surveys, we present the first large-scale study of the connection between radio emission, its morphology, and the merging properties of the hosts of radio sources up to z=2.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-06 M. Magliocchetti , A. La Marca , L. Bisigello , M. Bondi , F. Ricci , S. Fotopoulou , L. Wang , R. Scaramella , L. Pentericci , I. Prandoni , J. G. Sorce , H. J. A. Rottgering , M. J. Hardcastle , J. Petley , F. La Franca , K. Rubinur , Y. Toba , Y. Zhong , M. Mezcua , G. Zamorani , F. Shankar , B. Altieri , S. Andreon , N. Auricchio , C. Baccigalupi , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Biviano , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , G. Canas-Herrera , V. Capobianco , C. Carbone , J. Carretero , M. Castellano , G. Castignani , S. Cavuoti , K. C. Chambers , A. Cimatti , C. Colodro-Conde , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , Y. Copin , A. Costille , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , G. De Lucia , A. M. Di Giorgio , H. Dole , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , S. Dusini , S. Escoffier , M. Farina , R. Farinelli , F. Faustini , S. Ferriol , F. Finelli , M. Frailis , E. Franceschi , P. Franzetti , M. Fumana , S. Galeotta , K. George , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , J. Gracia-Carpio , A. Grazian , F. Grupp , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , W. Holmes , I. M. Hook , F. Hormuth , A. Hornstrup , K. Jahnke , M. Jhabvala , B. Joachimi , E. Keihanen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , B. Kubik , M. Kummel , H. Kurki-Suonio , A. M. C. Le Brun , S. Ligori , P. B. Lilje , V. Lindholm , I. Lloro , G. Mainetti , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , M. Martinelli , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. J. Massey , E. Medinaceli , S. Mei , Y. Mellier , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , A. Mora , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , C. Neissner , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , C. Padilla , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , G. Polenta , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , A. Renzi , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , R. Saglia , Z. Sakr , D. Sapone , B. Sartoris , M. Schirmer , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , S. Serrano , P. Simon , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , L. Stanco , J. Steinwagner , P. Tallada-Crespi , A. N. Taylor , I. Tereno , N. Tessore , S. Toft , R. Toledo-Moreo , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , L. Valenziano , J. Valiviita , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , Y. Wang , J. Weller , E. Zucca , M. Huertas-Company , V. Scottez

The clusters Abell 2061 and Abell 2067 in the Corona Borealis supercluster have been studied at different radio frequencies and are both known to host diffuse radio emission. The aim of this work is to investigate the radio emission in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2024-09-25 G. V. Pignataro , A. Bonafede , G. Bernardi , M. Balboni , F. Vazza , R. J. van Weeren , F. Ubertosi , R. Cassano , G. Brunetti , A. Botteon , T. Venturi , H. Akamatsu , A. Drabent , M. Hoeft

We present results based on X-ray, optical, and radio observations of the massive galaxy cluster CIZA J0107.7+5408. We find that this system is a post core passage, dissociative, binary merger, with the optical galaxy density peaks of each…

We present a comprehensive multi-wavelength analysis of the merging galaxy cluster MACS~J0417.5-1154 at a redshift of $z=0.44$, using available images red obtained with \chandra\ in X-ray, {\it Subaru}, {\it Hubble Space Telescope} (HST) in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-07 M. B. Pandge , R. Monteiro-Oliveira , J. Bagchi , A. Simionescu , M. Limousin , S. Raychaudhury

Context. Abell 1213, a low-richness galaxy system, is known to host an anomalous radio halo detected in data of the VLA. It is an outlier with regard to the relation between the radio halo power and the X-ray luminosity of the parent…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 W. Boschin , M. Girardi , S. De Grandi , G. Riva , L. Feretti , G. Giovannini , F. Govoni , V. Vacca

We present the discovery of a single radio relic located at the edge of the galaxy cluster A2384, using the MeerKAT radio telescope. A2384 is a nearby ($z$ = 0.092), low mass, complex bimodal, merging galaxy cluster that displays a dense…

Magnetic fields in cluster outskirts and the intercluster medium are poorly constrained because diffuse synchrotron emission is hard to detect at low surface brightness. Faraday rotation measures (RMs) of polarized background sources can…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 V. Gustafsson , M. Brüggen , C. Tasse , S. P. O'Sullivan

The presence of megaparsec-scale radio halos in galaxy clusters has already been established by many observations over the last two decades. The emerging explanation for the formation of these giant sources of diffuse synchrotron radio…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-15 G. Bernardi , T. Venturi , R. Cassano , D. Dallacasa , G. Brunetti , V. Cuciti , M. Johnston-Hollitt , N. Oozeer , V. Parekh , O. M. Smirnov

Large-scale diffuse radio emission is observed in some clusters of galaxies. There is ample of evidence that the emission has its origin in synchrotron losses of relativistic electrons, accelerated in the course of clusters mergers. In a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Hoeft , M. Brueggen , G. Yepes , S. Gottloeber , A. Schwope

We present a detailed study of a close pair of clusters of galaxies, A3532 and A3530, and their environments. The \textit{Chandra} X-ray image of A3532 reveals presence of substructures on scales of $\sim$20$^{\prime\prime}$ in its core.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-04-02 K. Lakhchaura , K. P. Singh , D. J. Saikia , R. W. Hunstead

Early science observations from the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) have revealed clear signals of diffuse radio emission associated with two clusters detected by the South Pole Telescope via their Sunyaev Zel'dovich…

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

We present new, high frequency radio observations of the merging galaxy clusters PLCK G287.0+32.9, Abell 2744, and Bullet. These clusters are known to host $\sim$Mpc scale sources, known as radio halos, which are formed by the acceleration…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 K. Rajpurohit , A. Botteon , E. O'Sullivan , W. Forman , M. Balboni , L. Bruno , R. J. van Weeren , M. Hoeft , G. Brunetti , C. Jones , A. S. Rajpurohit , S. P. Sikhosana

Galaxy clusters grow by mergers with other clusters and galaxy groups. These mergers create shock waves within the intracluster medium (ICM) that can accelerate particles to extreme energies. In the presence of magnetic fields, relativistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 R. J. van Weeren , M. Bruggen , H. J. A. Rottgering , M. Hoeft

The Torpedo cluster, SPT-CL J0245-5302 (S0295) is a massive, merging cluster at a redshift of z = 0.300, which exhibits a strikingly similar morphology to the Bullet cluster 1E 0657-55.8 (z = 0.296), including a classic bow shock in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-12 Qian Zheng , Melanie Johnston-Hollitt , Stefan Duchesne , Weitian Li

The massive, hot galaxy cluster PSZ2 G286.98+32.90 (hereafter PLCKG287, z=0.383) hosts a giant radio halo and two prominent radio relics which are signs of a disturbed dynamical state. However, despite optical and radio observations…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 M. Gitti , A. Bonafede , F. Brighenti , F. Ubertosi , M. Balboni , F. Gastaldello , A. Botteon , W. Forman , R. J. van Weeren , M. Brüggen , K. Rajpurohit , C. Jones

The `Main' galaxy cluster in the Abell 781 system is undergoing a significant merger and accretion process with peripheral emission to the north and southeastern flanks of the merging structure. Here we present a full polarimetric study of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-19 B. V. Hugo , G. Bernardi , O. M. Smirnov , D. Dallacasa , T. Venturi , M. Murgia , R. F. Pizzo

Low-frequency radio observations are revealing an increasing number of diffuse synchrotron sources from galaxy clusters, dominantly in the form of radio halos or radio relics. The existence of this diffuse synchrotron emission indicates the…