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星系团Abell 2255的射电光谱研究

Radio spectral study of the cluster of galaxies Abell 2255

R. F. Pizzo, A. G. de Bruyn

摘要:

对晕、遗迹和射电星系的光谱指数研究提供了关于它们的起源和与合并过程的联系的有用信息。本文介绍了星系团Abell 2255在25 cm、85 cm和2 m波段的WSRT多波长观测。光谱指数图像使我们能够研究的综合光谱晕和遗迹,并调查属于该集群的海狸头-尾射电星系的物理性质。在射电晕中,光谱指数在中心处较陡,在射电灯丝的位置处较平坦,在25厘米处清晰地检测到。在遗迹中,光谱指数随距离的增加而增大,远离聚类中心。对于海狸射电星系,由于相对论粒子的能量损失,光谱从头部到尾部严重陡峭。在2米的地图,这是在文献中提出的第一个高灵敏度的图像,在这样一个长的波长,一个新的百万分之一大小的发射区之间的已知的无线电晕和西北遗迹检测。在更灵敏的85厘米观测中没有检测到这一特征意味着它必须具有非常陡峭的光谱(α <= -2.6)。射电晕的观测性质表明,要么我们看到的是在星团中心投影中看到的不同结构(前景中的细丝加上背景中的真实晕)的叠加,要么晕本身就是独特的。新发现的扩展区域的西北晕可以被认为是一个不对称的扩展晕本身。然而,由于无线电晕在文献中被称为显示规则形态的结构,新功能可以代表陡峭的Mpc大小的扩散结构(MDS)的第一个例子,在非常低的频率下在集群周围检测到。

英文摘要:

Spectral index studies of halos, relics, and radio galaxies provide useful information on their origin and connection with merger processes. We present WSRT multi-wavelength observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 2255 at 25 cm, 85 cm, and 2 m. The spectral index images allowed us to study the integrated spectrum of halo and relic and to investigate the physical properties of the Beaver head-tail radio galaxy belonging to the cluster. In the radio halo, the spectral index is steeper at the center and flatter at the locations of the radio filaments, clearly detected at 25 cm. In the relics, the spectral index flattens, moving away from the cluster center. For the Beaver radio galaxy, the spectrum severely steepens from the head towards the end of the tail, because of the energy losses suffered by the relativistic particles. In the 2 m map, which is the first high-sensitivity image presented in the literature at such a long wavelength, a new Mpc-size emission region is detected between the known radio halo and the NW relic. Not detecting this feature in the more sensitive 85 cm observations implies that it must have a very steep spectrum (alpha <= -2.6). The observational properties of the radio halo suggest that either we are looking at a superposition of different structures (filaments in the foreground plus real halo in the background) seen in projection across the cluster center or that the halo is intrinsically peculiar. The newly detected extended region to the NW of the halo could be considered as an asymmetric extension of the halo itself. However, since radio halos are known in the literature as structures showing a regular morphology, the new feature could represent the first example of steep Mpc-size diffuse structures (MDS), detected around clusters at very low frequencies.

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