An extreme example of a radio relic in Abell 4038

Details An extreme example of a radio relic in Abell 4038 An extreme example of a radio relic in Abell 4038

Jul 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998mnras.297l..86s&link_type=abstract

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 297, Issue 4, pp. L86-L92.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Clusters: General, Galaxies: Haloes, Galaxies: Jets, Radio Continuum: Galaxies

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A radio source with a spectral index of -2.2 between 0.08 and 1.425GHz has been observed at the Very Large Array (VLA) at 1.425GHz with resolution~3 arcsec. The projected linear length of the source is 56 kpc with an average projected distance of 42 kpc from the centroid of the rich southern cluster Abell 4038, assuming the source is in the cluster. The physical parameters of the source include a high minimum-energy field (B_me) of 38muG, which is unusual for a source of low surface brightness and relaxed appearance, but is explained by its unusually steep spectrum. Although its radio morphology has some characteristics of a narrow-angle-tail source (NAT), the absence of an identified host galaxy (m_R>=23.0) makes it unlikely that the source is a working radio galaxy. The relic is probably the remains of an FR II radio galaxy that was once energized by a particular bright cluster elliptical now 18 kpc to its east. The density of the intracluster gas has been sufficient to confine the source and preserve its morphology, permitting the source to age and its spectrum to steepen through synchrotron and inverse Compton energy losses.

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