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邻近(z < 0.4)星系团的射电晕

Radio halos in nearby (z < 0.4) clusters of galaxies

G. Giovannini, A. Bonafede, L. Feretti, F. Govoni, M. Murgia, F. Ferrari, G. Monti

摘要:

团簇内介质的特征在于热发射和大尺度磁场的存在。在一些星系团中,还存在一种弥散的非热辐射,位于星系团的中心,称为射电晕。这些来源表明,存在的相对论粒子和磁场在集群体积。本文收集了所有已知的邻近星系团射电晕(z < 0.4)的数据,讨论了它们的统计特性,并探讨了它们的起源。我们搜索了有关射电晕的已发表数据,并减少了新的和存档的VLA数据,以增加已知射电晕的数量。我们提供了31个射电晕,1个新的遗迹源,和1个巨大的灯丝的数据。我们注意到在一个X射线光度很低的星团(A1213)中发现了一个小尺寸的弥散射电辐射。在统计结果中,我们证实了平均晕射电谱指数和星团温度之间的相关性。我们还讨论了高比例的集群的遗迹和无线电晕是本。这里讨论的射电晕样本代表了目前射电望远镜可观测到的射电晕总数。新一代望远镜对于更详细的多频研究和调查可能存在的具有不同性质的射电晕群是必要的。

英文摘要:

The Intra-Cluster Medium is characterized by thermal emission, and by the presence of large scale magnetic fields. In some clusters of galaxies a diffuse non-thermal emission is also present, located at the cluster center and named radio halo. These sources indicate the existence of relativistic particles and magnetic fields in the cluster volume. In this paper we collect data on all known nearby cluster radio halos (z < 0.4), to discuss their statistical properties and to investigate their origin. We searched for published data on radio halos and reduced new and archive VLA data to increase the number of known radio halos. We present data on 31 radio halos, 1 new relic source, and 1 giant filament. We note the discovery of a small size diffuse radio emission in a cluster (A1213) with very low X-ray luminosity. Among statistical results we confirm the correlation between the average halo radio spectral index and the cluster temperature. We also discuss the high percentage of clusters where both a relic and a radio halo is present. The sample of radio halos discussed here represents the population of radio halos observable with present radio telescopes. The new telescope generation is necessary for a more detailed multifrequency study, and to investigate the possible existence of a population of radio halos with different properties.

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