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极低射电频率下CIZA J2242.8+5301星系团的观测

A view of the CIZA J2242.8+5301 galaxy cluster at very low radio frequencies

G. Lusetti, M. Brüggen, H. W. Edler, F. de Gasperin, M. Hoeft, G. Di Gennaro, D. Hoang, T. Pasini, R. van Weeren, V. Cuciti, H. Rottgering, G. Brunetti

AI总结:

本研究利用LOFAR LBA在45 MHz首次观测了CIZA J2242.8+5301星系团,结合多频数据推导了射电遗迹的谱指数和Mach数分布,并发现北部遗迹东部的对称表面亮度分布挑战了单一尖锐激波加速模型。

摘要:

星系团CIZA J2242.8+5301是一个被充分研究的合并星系团,它拥有包括著名的“香肠”遗迹在内的显著双射电遗迹,以及其他弥散射电源。100 MHz以下的观测对于研究射电遗迹的物理性质至关重要,因为它们提供了接触宇宙射线电子低能种群的独特途径。我们旨在研究产生遗迹的形态、光谱特征和物理过程。我们使用LOFAR射电干涉仪的低频天线(LBA)首次在45 MHz对Sausage cluster进行了观测,这是迄今为止对该星系团进行研究的最低射电频率。我们利用了10小时的LOFAR LBA观测数据,从中获得了在15角秒分辨率下噪声水平为1.5 mJy/beam的热噪声受限射电图像。这些数据与更高频率的现有多次测量数据相结合:LOFAR高频天线、Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope、Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope和Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array。这种宽广的频率覆盖使我们能够推导出遗迹的积分谱指数、谱指数和曲率图以及Mach数分布。我们利用低频数据从局部注入指数测量中推导出Mach数,北部遗迹的M_N = 2.9 ±0.5,南部遗迹的M_S = 2.9 ±0.8。LOFAR LBA观测揭示了北部遗迹东部横跨的显著对称的表面亮度分布,在峰值两侧均有延伸的翼状结构。这一发现与粒子在单一尖锐激波处加速以及随后加速电子向下游平流的预期相反。我们对表面亮度分布进行了建模,包括投影效应、磁场变化和激波变形的影响。

英文摘要:

The galaxy cluster CIZA J2242.8+5301 is a well-studied merging galaxy cluster that hosts prominent double radio relics including the famous sausage relic, as well as other diffuse radio sources. Observations at frequencies below 100 MHz are essential for investigating the physics of radio relics as they provide unique access to the low-energy population of cosmic-ray electrons. We aim to study the morphology, spectral characteristics, and physical processes that produce relics. We present the first observations of the Sausage cluster at 45 MHz, the lowest radio frequency at which this cluster has been studied to date, using the Low Band Antenna (LBA) of the LOFAR radio interferometer. We made use of ten hours of LOFAR LBA observations, from which we achieved a thermal-noise limited radio image with a noise level of 1.5 mJy/beam at a resolution of 15 arcsec. These data were combined with existing multi-frequency measurements at higher frequencies: LOFAR High Band Antenna, Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope, and Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array. This broad frequency coverage allowed us to derive integrated spectral indices, spectral index and curvature maps, and Mach number distributions across the relics. We derived Mach numbers from the local injection index measure using low-frequency data with M_N = 2.9 +-0.5 for the northern relic and M_S = 2.9+-0.8 for the southern relic. LOFAR LBA observations reveal a remarkably symmetric surface brightness profile across the eastern part of the northern relic, with wings extending on either side of the peak. This discovery is contrary to the expectation of particle acceleration at a single, sharp shock and the subsequent downstream advection of accelerated electrons. We modelled the surface brightness profile, including the effects of projection, magnetic field variation, and shock deformation.

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