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Abell 754的低频VLA观测:星团射电晕和可能的射电遗迹的证据

Low Frequency VLA Observations of Abell 754: Evidence for a Cluster Radio Halo and Possible Radio Relics

N. E. Kassim, T. E. Clarke, T. A. Enßlin, A. S. Cohen, D. M. Neumann

摘要:

本文介绍了Abell 754的74 MHz和330 MHz VLA观测结果。在这两个频率下,从星系团的中心都能检测到弥散的光环状发射。在330 MHz处,90“的分辨率将这种扩展发射与先前已知的点源区分开来。除了晕和在一个低得多的水平,外围陡峭的光谱发射区横跨集群中心,只有在74兆赫。这种发射的位置、形态和频谱都高度暗示着至少有一个,也可能是两个星团射电遗迹。容易获得更高的分辨率,更高的灵敏度VLA观测在这两个频率,需要确认的扩展性质的晕状发射和74 MHz的遗迹检测。然而,由于有先前的证据表明,这个集群是或最近一直在一个重大的合并事件的过程中,可能发现的遗迹在这个系统是非常感兴趣的,根据最近的观测和理论证据,有利于合并遗迹连接。我们讨论的合并冲击波,这是在X射线发射中看到的,可能发挥了在A754中的晕和射电遗迹的形成可能的作用。

英文摘要:

We present 74 MHz and 330 MHz VLA observations of Abell 754. Diffuse, halo-like emission is detected from the center of the cluster at both frequencies. At 330 MHz the resolution of 90'' distinguishes this extended emission from previously known point sources. In addition to the halo and at a much lower level, outlying steep-spectrum emission regions straddle the cluster center and are seen only at 74 MHz. The location, morphology and spectrum of this emission are all highly suggestive of at least one, and possibly two cluster radio relics. Easily obtained higher resolution, higher sensitivity VLA observations at both frequencies are required to confirm the extended nature of the halo-like emission and the 74 MHz relic detections. However, since there is prior evidence that this cluster is or has recently been in the process of a major merger event, the possible discovery of relics in this system is of great interest in light of recent observational and theoretical evidence in favor of a merger-relic connection. We discuss the possible role the merger shock waves, which are seen in the X-ray emission, may have played in the formation of the halo and radio relics in A754.

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