The Planck clusters in the LOFAR sky-IV. LoTSS-DR2: Statistics of radio haloes and re-acceleration models

R Cassano, V Cuciti, G Brunetti, A Botteon… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Diffuse cluster-scale synchrotron radio emission is discovered in an increasing
number of galaxy clusters in the form of radio haloes, probing the presence of relativistic …

[HTML][HTML] MeerKAT view of the diffuse radio sources in Abell 3667 and their interactions with the thermal plasma

F De Gasperin, L Rudnick, A Finoguenov… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. During their lifetimes, galaxy clusters grow through the accretion of matter from the
filaments of the large-scale structure and from mergers with other clusters. These mergers …

Radio fossils, relics, and haloes in Abell 3266: cluster archaeology with ASKAP-EMU and the ATCA

CJ Riseley, E Bonnassieux, T Vernstrom… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abell 3266 is a massive and complex merging galaxy cluster that exhibits significant
substructure. We present new, highly sensitive radio continuum observations of Abell 3266 …

A MeerKAT-meets-LOFAR study of Abell 1413: a moderately disturbed non-cool-core cluster hosting a~ 500 kpc 'mini'-halo

CJ Riseley, N Biava, G Lusetti… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Many relaxed cool-core clusters host diffuse radio emission on scales of hundreds of
kiloparsecs: mini-haloes. However, the mechanism responsible for generating them, as well …

Dissecting nonthermal emission in the complex multiple-merger galaxy cluster Abell 2744: Radio and X-ray analysis

K Rajpurohit, F Vazza, RJ Van Weeren, M Hoeft… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
We present the first deep low frequency radio observations of the massive and highly
disturbed galaxy cluster Abell 2744 using the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope …

A three-component giant radio halo: The puzzling case of the galaxy cluster Abell 2142

L Bruno, A Botteon, T Shimwell, V Cuciti… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Turbulence introduced into the intracluster medium (ICM) through cluster-merger
events transfers energy to non-thermal components, and can trigger the formation of diffuse …

Cosmic-ray acceleration and magnetic fields in galaxy clusters and beyond: Insights from radio observations

D Wittor - Universe, 2023 - mdpi.com
The discovery of diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters proved the existence of energetic
cosmic-ray electrons and cosmic magnetic fields on Mpc-scales in the Universe …

The El Gordo galaxy cluster challenges ΛCDM for any plausible collision velocity

E Asencio, I Banik, P Kroupa - The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract El Gordo (ACT-CL J0102-4915) is an extraordinarily large and bright galaxy cluster
collision. In a previous study, we found that El Gordo is in 6.2σ tension with the Λ cold dark …

Deep low-frequency radio observations of Abell 2256-II. The ultra-steep spectrum radio halo

K Rajpurohit, E Osinga, M Brienza, A Botteon… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
We present the first detailed analysis of the radio halo in the merging galaxy cluster Abell
2256 using the LOw Frequency ARray, the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope …

The diffuse radio emission in the high-redshift cluster PSZ2 G091. 83+ 26.11: Total intensity and polarisation analysis with Very Large Array 1–4 GHz observations

G Di Gennaro, M Brüggen, RJ van Weeren… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. Diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters, namely radio halos and radio relics, is
usually associated with merger events. Despite the tremendous advances in observations in …