Radio relics in a cosmological cluster merger simulation

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dc.creatorHoeft, Matthias
dc.creatorBrueggen, Marcus
dc.creatorYepes, Gustavo
dc.date2003-02-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:31:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:31:40Z
dc.descriptionMotivated by the discovery of a number of radio relics we investigate the fate of fossil radio plasma during a merger of clusters of galaxies using cosmological smoothed-particle hydrodynamics simulations. Radio relics are extended, steep-spectrum radio sources that do not seem to be associated with a host galaxy. One proposed scenario whereby these relics form is through the compression of fossil radio plasma during a merger between clusters. The ensuing compression of the plasma can lead to a substantial increase in synchrotron luminosity and this appears as a radio relic. Our simulations show that relics are most likely to be found at the periphery of the cluster at the positions of the outgoing merger shock waves. Relics are expected to be very rare in the centre of the cluster where the life time of relativistic electrons is short and shock waves are weaker than in the cooler, peripheral regions of the cluster. These predictions can soon be tested with upcoming low-frequency radio telescopes.
dc.description6 pages, 3 figures (high-resolution figures are available at http://www.faculty.iu-bremen.de/~mbrueggen/), submitted to MNRAS
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302185
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0302185
dc.identifierMon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc.347:389,2004
dc.identifierdoi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.07227.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/178492
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleRadio relics in a cosmological cluster merger simulation
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