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dc.contributor.authorGeorge, L.
dc.contributor.authorDwarakanath, K.
dc.contributor.authorJohnston-Hollitt, M.
dc.contributor.authorIntema, H.
dc.contributor.authorHurley-Walker, Natasha
dc.contributor.authorBell, M.
dc.contributor.authorCallingham, J.
dc.contributor.authorFor, B.
dc.contributor.authorGaensler, B.
dc.contributor.authorHancock, Paul
dc.contributor.authorHindson, L.
dc.contributor.authorKapinska, A.
dc.contributor.authorLenc, E.
dc.contributor.authorMcKinley, B.
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, J.
dc.contributor.authorOffringa, A.
dc.contributor.authorProcopio, P.
dc.contributor.authorStaveley-Smith, L.
dc.contributor.authorWayth, Randall
dc.contributor.authorWu, C.
dc.contributor.authorZheng, Q.
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-23T03:00:34Z
dc.date.available2017-06-23T03:00:34Z
dc.date.created2017-06-19T03:39:34Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationGeorge, L. and Dwarakanath, K. and Johnston-Hollitt, M. and Intema, H. and Hurley-Walker, N. and Bell, M. and Callingham, J. et al. 2017. A study of halo and relic radio emission in merging clusters using the Murchison Widefield Array. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 467 (1): pp. 936-949.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/53576
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/mnras/stx155
dc.description.abstract

We have studied radio haloes and relics in nine merging galaxy clusters using the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA). The images used for this study were obtained from the GaLactic and Extragalactic All-sky MWA (GLEAM) Survey which was carried out at 5 frequencies, viz. 88, 118, 154, 188 and 215 MHz. We detect diffuse radio emission in 8 of these clusters. We have estimated the spectra of haloes and relics in these clusters over the frequency range 80-1400 MHz; the first such attempt to estimate their spectra at low frequencies. The spectra follow a power law with a mean value of $\alpha = -1.13\pm0.21$ for haloes and $\alpha = -1.2\pm0.19$ for relics where, $S \propto \nu^{\alpha}$. We reclassify two of the cluster sources as radio galaxies. The low frequency spectra are thus an independent means of confirming the nature of cluster sources. Five of the nine clusters host radio haloes. For the remaining four clusters, we place upper limits on the radio powers of possible haloes in them. These upper limits are a factor of 2-20 below those expected from the $L_{\rm X}-P_{\rm 1.4}$ relation. These limits are the lowest ever obtained and the implications of these limits to the hadronic model of halo emission are discussed.

dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.titleA study of halo and relic radio emission in merging clusters using the Murchison Widefield Array
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume467
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage936
dcterms.source.endPage949
dcterms.source.issn0035-8711
dcterms.source.titleMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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This article has been accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society ©: 2017 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

curtin.departmentCurtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Physics)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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