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巨射电晕的演化及其与星系团合并的关系

On the evolution of giant radio halos and their connection with cluster mergers

G. Brunetti, R. Cassano, K. Dolag, G. Setti

摘要:

巨型射电晕是位于星系团中心区域的弥散的百万pc级同步辐射源,是星系团非热活动最相关的例子。无线电和X射线测量可以调查晕的统计数据,并可能有助于限制其起源和演变。我们研究了星系团在平面X射线(热,L_X)与同步辐射(P_{1.4})光度的分布,其中包含巨大射电晕的星系团跟踪P_{1.4} -L_X相关性,而没有射电晕的星系团则分布在与上述相关性所跨越的区域很好地分离的区域。无线电晕和集群合并之间的连接表明,集群MPC规模的同步辐射放大,在这些合并,然后抑制集群变得更加动态放松。在此背景下,通过分析具有足够射电跟踪的X射线选择样品的星系团在P_{1.4} -L_X平面上的分布,我们约束了星系团中弥散射电辐射演化的典型时间尺度,并讨论了射电晕起源的意义。我们的结论是,集群同步辐射被抑制(和放大)在一个时间尺度显着小于1 Gyr。我们发现,这一约束似乎很难调和的假设,晕的无线电功率被抑制,由于耗散的磁场在星系团。另一方面,与湍流加速起作用的模型一致,目前的限制表明,相对论电子在Mpc尺度的区域中加速,与集群合并有关,时间间隔约为1 Gyr,然后它们在相对较小的时间尺度内冷却,当托管集群变得更加动态放松时。

英文摘要:

Giant radio halos are diffuse, Mpc-scale, synchrotron sources located in the central regions of galaxy clusters and provide the most relevant example of cluster non-thermal activity. Radio and X-ray surveys allow to investigate the statistics of halos and may contribute to constrain their origin and evolution. We investigate the distribution of clusters in the plane X-ray (thermal, L_X) vs synchrotron (P_{1.4})luminosity, where clusters hosting giant radio halos trace the P_{1.4}--L_X correlation and clusters without radio halos populate a region that is well separated from that spanned by the above correlation. The connection between radio halos and cluster mergers suggests that the cluster Mpc-scale synchrotron emission is amplified during these mergers and then suppressed when clusters become more dynamically relaxed. In this context, by analysing the distribution in the P_{1.4}--L_X plane of clusters from X-ray selected samples with adequate radio follow up, we constrain the typical time-scale of evolution of diffuse radio emission in clusters and discuss the implications for the origin of radio halos. We conclude that cluster synchrotron emission is suppressed (and amplified) in a time-scale significantly smaller than 1 Gyr. We show that this constraint appears difficult to reconcile with the hypothesis that the halo's radio power is suppressed due to dissipation of magnetic field in galaxy clusters. On the other hand, in agreement with models where turbulent acceleration plays a role, present constraints suggest that relativistic electrons are accelerated in Mpc-scale regions, in connection with cluster mergers and for a time-interval of about 1 Gyr, and then they cool in a relatively small time-scale, when the hosting cluster becomes more dynamically relaxed.

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