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http://hdl.handle.net/2289/7085| Title: | A study of spectral curvature in the radio relic in Abell 4038 using the uGMRT |
| Authors: | Kale, Ruta Parekh, Viral Dwarakanath, K.S. |
| Keywords: | accelerationofparticles–magneticfields–radiationmechanisms non-thermal–galaxies:clusters individual:Abell4038–galaxies clusters:intra-clustermedium–radiocontinuum genera |
| Issue Date: | Nov-2018 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Citation: | Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018, Vol. 480, p5352–5361 |
| Abstract: | The remnant radio galaxies in galaxy clusters are important sources of seed relativistic electron population in the intracluster medium (ICM). Their occurrence and spectral properties are poorly studied. In this work we present a broad-band study of the radio relic in the galaxy cluster Abell 4038 using the Upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT). We present the uGMRT images in the bands 300–500 MHz and 1050–1450 MHz having rms noise 70 and 30μ30μJy beam−1, respectively, that are the deepest images of this field so far. A spectral analysis of the relic over 300–1450 MHz using images in sub-bands scaled to have constant fractional bandwidths to achieve a closely matched UV-coverage was carried out. The 100 kpc extent of the relic is divided into Loop, Arc, Bridge, and North-end. The Loop has a steep spectral index of α = 2.3 ± 0.2 (Sν ∝ ν−α). The North-end has ultrasteep spectra in the range 2.4–3.7. The Arc is found to skirt a curved region seen in the Chandra X-ray surface brightness image and the highest spectral curvature in it reaches 1.6 ± 0.3. We interpret the morphology and spectral properties of the relic in the scenario of an adiabatically compressed cocoon from the past activity of the brightest cluster galaxy in the cluster. A comparison of the properties of the A4038 relic with a sample of 10 such relics is discussed. |
| Description: | Open Access |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/7085 |
| ISSN: | 0035-8711 1365-2966 - (online) |
| Alternative Location: | http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018MNRAS.480.5352K https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.04057 https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2227 |
| Copyright: | 2018 The Author(s) |
| Appears in Collections: | Research Papers (A&A) |
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