LOFAR observations of SZ-selected galaxy clusters, and high-fidelity imaging
Final Report Abstract
We have investigated the radio continuum properties of radio halos and relics in galaxy clusters over large frequency range. In particular, low-frequency observations of such structures which usually exhibit steep spectra were conducted using LOFAR and the GMRT. The number of galaxy clusters with known radio haloes and/or relics has been significantly increased by our studies, making use of both, X-ray and Sunyaev-Zel’dovich observations that have dramatically increased the number of known distant galaxy clusters. Furthermore, some well-known relics in nearby galaxy clusters have been subject to scrutiny, comparing their radio and X-ray properties. Assuming that diffusive shock acceleration is the underlying mechanism producing highly relativistic particles, the Mach numbers resulting from the observed radio spectral index were compared with those deduced from jumps in the gas density in several nearby clusters. In some cases, the contradicting results highlight the need for additional theoretical work and numerical simulations of particle acceleration and re-acceleration at cluster merger shocks.
Publications
- 2014, MNRAS, 426, 40
Bonafede, A., Brüggen, M., van Weeren, R. Vazza, F., Giovannini, G., Ebeling, H., Edge, A.C., Hoeft, M., Klein, U.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21570.x) - 2014, A&A, 543, 43
van Weeren, R.J., Intema, H.T., Lal, D.V.., Röttgering, H.J.A., Brüggen, M., Stroe, A., Hoeft, M., Nuza, S.E., de Gasperin, F.
- 2014, MNRAS, 444, 44
Bonafede, A., Intema, H., Brüggen, M. et al.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu110) - 2015, A&A, 575, 45
Trasatti, M., Akamatsu, H., Lovisari, L., Klein, U., Bonafede, A., Brüggen, M., Dallacasa, D., Clarke, T.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423972) - 2015, A&A, 575, 8
Drabent, A., Hoeft, M., Pizzo, R.F., van Weeren, R., Klein, U.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424828) - 2015, ApJ, 785, 1
Bonafede, A., Intema, H., Brüggen, M., Girardi, M. et al.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/785/1/1) - 2015, MNRAS, 447, 2497
Erler, J., Basu, K., Trasatti, M., Klein, U., Bertoldi, F.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2750) - 2015, MNRAS, 454, 3391
Bonafede, A., Intema, H., Brüggen, M., Vazza, F. et al.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2065) - 2016, MNRAS, 461, 1302
Eckert, D., Jauzac, M., Vazza, F. et al.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1435) - 2017, A&A, 600, 18
Kierdorf, M., Beck, R., Hoeft, M., Klein, U. et al.
(See online at https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629570)
