Discovery of the correspondence between intra-cluster radio emission and a high pressure region detected through the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
Abstract
We analyzed new 237 MHz and 614 MHz GMRT data of the most X-ray luminous galaxy cluster, RX J1347-1145. Our radio results are compared with the MUSTANG 90 GHz Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect map and with re-processed Chandra and XMM-Newton archival data of this cluster. We point out for the first time in an unambiguous way the correspondence between a radio excess in a diffuse intra-cluster radio source and a hot region detected through both Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect and X-ray observations. Our result indicates that electron re-acceleration in the excess emission of the radio mini-halo at the center of RX J1347-1145 is most likely related to a shock front propagating into the intra-cluster medium.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361/201117788
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1107.5945
- Bibcode:
- 2011A&A...534L..12F
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: clusters: individual: RX J1347-1145;
- radio continuum: galaxies;
- X-rays: galaxies: clusters;
- cosmic background radiation;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- Revised version in response to referee's comments