MOSS I: Double radio relics in the Saraswati supercluster

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作者
Parekh, V [1 ,2 ]
Kincaid, R. [1 ]
Thorat, K. [3 ]
Hugo, B. [1 ,2 ]
Sankhyayan, S. [4 ,5 ]
Kale, R. [4 ]
Oozeer, N. [2 ,6 ]
Smirnov, O. [1 ,2 ]
Heywood, I [1 ,2 ,7 ]
Makhathini, S. [8 ]
van der Heyden, K. [9 ]
机构
[1] Rhodes Univ, Dept Phys & Elect, POB 94, ZA-6140 Makhanda, South Africa
[2] South African Radio Astron Observ, 2 Fir St,Black River Pk, ZA-7925 Cape Town, South Africa
[3] Univ Pretoria, Lynnwood Rd, ZA-0002 Pretoria, South Africa
[4] Natl Ctr Radio Astrophys, Savitribai Phule Pune Univ Campus, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India
[5] Univ Tartu, Tartu Observ, Observ Umi 1, EE-61602 Toravere, Estonia
[6] African Inst Math Sci, 6 Melrose Rd, ZA-7945 Muizenberg, South Africa
[7] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 2JD, England
[8] Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Phys, 1 Jan Snuas Ave, ZA-2000 Johannesburg, South Africa
[9] Univ Cape Town, Dept Astron, RW James Bldg, ZA-7700 Cape Town, South Africa
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
methods: data analysis; techniques: image processing; galaxies: clusters: intracluster medium; DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; IONOSPHERIC CALIBRATION; SHOCK ACCELERATION; SCALING RELATIONS; MAGNETIC-FIELDS; GALAXY CLUSTERS; FILAMENTS; EMISSION; LOFAR; DISCOVERY;
D O I
10.1093/mnras/stab3045
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Superclusters are the largest objects in the Universe, and they provide a unique opportunity to study how galaxy clusters are born at the junction of the cosmic web as well as the distribution of magnetic fields and relativistic particles beyond cluster volume. The field of radio astronomy is going through an exciting and important era of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA). We now have the most sensitive functional radio telescopes, such as the MeerKAT, which offers high angular resolution and sensitivity towards diffuse and faint radio sources. To study the radio environments around supercluster, we observed the (core part of) Saraswati supercluster with the MeerKAT. From our MeerKAT Observation of the Saraswati Supercluster (MOSS) project, the initial results of the pilot observations of two massive galaxy clusters, A2631 and ZwCl2341.1+0000, which are located around the dense central part of the Saraswati supercluster, were discussed. In this paper, we describe the observations and data analysis details, including direction-dependent calibration. In particular, we focus on the ZwCl2341.1+0000 galaxy cluster, which hosts double radio relics and puzzling diffuse radio source in the filamentary network. We have imaged these double radio relics in our high resolution and sensitive L-band MeerKAT observation and a puzzling radio source, located between relics, in the low-resolution image. We also derived the spectra of double radio relics using MeerKAT and archival GMRT observations. The following papers will focus on the formation of radio relics and halo, as well as radio galaxy properties in a supercluster core environment.
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页码:3086 / 3101
页数:16
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