The very steep spectrum radio halo in Abell 697

Details The very steep spectrum radio halo in Abell 697 The very steep spectrum radio halo in Abell 697

2010-04-09

arxiv.org/abs/1004.1515v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics

10 pages, 8 figures, A&A in press

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In this paper we present a detailed study of the giant radio halo in the galaxy cluster Abell 697, with the aim to constrain its origin and connection with the cluster dynamics. We performed high sensitivity GMRT observations at 325 MHz, which showed that the radio halo is much brighter and larger at this frequency, compared to previous 610 MHz observations. In order to derive the integrated spectrum in the frequency range 325 MHz--1.4 GHz, we re--analysed archival VLA data at 1.4 GHz and made use of proprietary GMRT data at 610 MHz. {Our multifrequency analysis shows that the total radio spectrum of the giant radio halo in A\,697 is very steep, with $\alpha_{\rm~325 MHz}^{\rm~1.4 GHz} \approx 1.7-1.8$. %\pm0.1$. Due to energy arguments, a hadronic origin of the halo is disfavoured by such steep spectrum. Very steep spectrum halos in merging clusters are predicted in the case that the emitting electrons are accelerated by turbulence, observations with the upcoming low frequency arrays will be able to test these expectations.}

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