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双遗迹星系团Abell 2345的团内磁场

The intra-cluster magnetic field in the double relic galaxy cluster Abell 2345

C. Stuardi, A. Bonafede, L. Lovisari, P. Domínguez-Fernández, F. Vazza, M. Brüggen, R. J. van Weeren, F. de Gasperin

摘要:

磁场在星系团中无处不在,但它们的径向轮廓、功率谱以及与主星系团性质的联系却知之甚少。合并星系团托管弥漫偏振辐射的形式,无线电遗迹提供了一个独特的可能性,研究这些复杂系统的磁场。本文研究了Abell 2345中团簇内的磁场。这个集群主机两个无线电遗物,我们发现在极化1-2 GHz JVLA观测。X射线XMM-Newton图像显示出非常混乱的形态。应用旋转测度综合方法,导出了距离团簇中心在$\sim$ 1 Mpc范围内的5个偏振源的旋转测度.平均RM和RM色散径向分布都探测了团簇内磁场的存在。使用来自X射线分析和模拟的3D磁场与波动的功率谱来自磁流体宇宙学模拟的热电子密度分布,我们建立模拟RM图像的集群。通过对比模拟和观测的RM图像,我们约束了东部射电遗迹扇区的磁场剖面。我们发现,在我们的模型的框架内,数据需要一个磁场缩放与热电子密度为$B(r)\propto n_e(r)$。最佳模型的中心磁场(在200 kpc半径内)为$2.8\pm0.1$ $μ$ G。东部遗迹位置的平均磁场为$\sim$ 0.3 $μ$ G,比均分估计值低2.7倍。

英文摘要:

Magnetic fields are ubiquitous in galaxy clusters, yet their radial profile, power spectrum, and connection to host cluster properties are poorly known. Merging galaxy clusters hosting diffuse polarized emission in the form of radio relics offer a unique possibility to study the magnetic fields in these complex systems. In this paper, we investigate the intra-cluster magnetic field in Abell 2345. This cluster hosts two radio relics that we detected in polarization with 1-2 GHz JVLA observations. X-ray XMM-Newton images show a very disturbed morphology. We derived the Rotation Measure (RM) of five polarized sources within $\sim$ 1 Mpc from the cluster center applying the RM synthesis. Both, the average RM and the RM dispersion radial profiles probe the presence of intra-cluster magnetic fields. Using the thermal electron density profile derived from X-ray analysis and simulating a 3D magnetic field with fluctuations following a power spectrum derived from magneto-hydrodynamical cosmological simulations, we build mock RM images of the cluster. We constrained the magnetic field profile in the eastern radio relic sector by comparing simulated and observed RM images. We find that, within the framework of our model, the data require a magnetic field scaling with thermal electron density as $B(r)\propto n_e(r)$. The best model has a central magnetic field (within a 200 kpc radius) of $2.8\pm0.1$ $μ$G. The average magnetic field at the position of the eastern relic is $\sim$0.3 $μ$G, a factor 2.7 lower than the equipartition estimate.

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