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TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectral and morphological signatures of cluster merger shocks
T2 - CIZA J2242.8+5301
AU - Stroe, Andra
AU - van Weeren, Reinout J.
AU - Sobral, David
AU - Rumsey, Clare
AU - Intema, Huib T.
AU - Röttgering, Huub J. A.
AU - Harwood, Jeremy J.
AU - Saunders, Richard
AU - Brüggen, Marcus
AU - Hoeft, Matthias
PY - 2014/4/29
Y1 - 2014/4/29
N2 - The CIZA J2242.8+5301 cluster hosts an extraordinary, narrow, Mpc-wide, diffuse patch of radio emission tracing travelling shock waves, called a relic. We perform a multi-wavelength of observations of the cluster. We discover radio spectral steepening and increasing spectral curvature in the shock downstream area, indicative of emission produced by spectrally-aged electrons, following a JP ageing model. The curved integrated spectrum towards $16$ GHz challenges the favoured relic formation model. Further, we find a boosting the number density of H$\alpha$ emitters by a factor of $10$, possibly caused by interactions of the galaxies with the shock wave.
AB - The CIZA J2242.8+5301 cluster hosts an extraordinary, narrow, Mpc-wide, diffuse patch of radio emission tracing travelling shock waves, called a relic. We perform a multi-wavelength of observations of the cluster. We discover radio spectral steepening and increasing spectral curvature in the shock downstream area, indicative of emission produced by spectrally-aged electrons, following a JP ageing model. The curved integrated spectrum towards $16$ GHz challenges the favoured relic formation model. Further, we find a boosting the number density of H$\alpha$ emitters by a factor of $10$, possibly caused by interactions of the galaxies with the shock wave.
M3 - Journal article
SP - 4
JO - arXiv
JF - arXiv
ER -