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合并之谜:合并星团Abell 2146中没有扩展的无线电发射

A merger mystery: no extended radio emission in the merging cluster Abell 2146

H. R. Russell, R. J. van Weeren, A. C. Edge, B. R. McNamara, J. S. Sanders, A. C. Fabian, S. A. Baum, R. E. A. Canning, M. Donahue, C. P. O'Dea

摘要:

本文报道了合并星系团Abell 2146的400 ksChandra X射线观测和325 MHz的GMRT射电观测。钱德拉的观测揭示了与主要合并事件相关的详细结构,包括位于致密子团核心前方的M=2.1+/-0.2弓形激波和第一个已知的上游激波(M=1.6+/-0.1)。令人惊讶的是,在325 MHz的深GMRT观测没有检测到任何与冲击波阵面相关的扩展无线电发射。所有其他合并的星系团,包括子弹星系团、Abell 520、Abell 754和Abell 2744,以及具有候选激波锋面的星系团,都探测到了与激波一致的射电遗迹或射电晕边缘。我们考虑了几个可能影响射电遗迹形成的因素,包括冲击强度和存在的预先存在的电子人口,但没有找到一个有利的解释这一结果。我们计算了一个3 σ上限为13 mJy的扩展无线电发射,这是显着低于预期的无线电功率所观察到的P_{radio} - L_{X}相关合并系统。Abell 2146中没有扩展的射电晕可能是由于相对于大多数合并的星系团而言,星系团的质量较低。

英文摘要:

We present a new 400ks Chandra X-ray observation and a GMRT radio observation at 325MHz of the merging galaxy cluster Abell 2146. The Chandra observation reveals detailed structure associated with the major merger event including the Mach M=2.1+/-0.2 bow shock located ahead of the dense subcluster core and the first known example of an upstream shock (M=1.6+/-0.1). Surprisingly, the deep GMRT observation at 325MHz does not detect any extended radio emission associated with either shock front. All other merging galaxy clusters with X-ray detected shock fronts, including the Bullet cluster, Abell 520, Abell 754 and Abell 2744, and clusters with candidate shock fronts have detected radio relics or radio halo edges coincident with the shocks. We consider several possible factors which could affect the formation of radio relics, including the shock strength and the presence of a pre-existing electron population, but do not find a favourable explanation for this result. We calculate a 3sigma upper limit of 13mJy on extended radio emission, which is significantly below the radio power expected by the observed P_{radio}-L_{X} correlation for merging systems. The lack of an extended radio halo in Abell 2146 maybe due to the low cluster mass relative to the majority of merging galaxy clusters with detected radio halos.

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