Search for low-frequency diffuse radio emission around a shock in the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0744.9+3927

Wilber, A; Bruggen, M; Bonafede, A; Rafferty, D; Savini, F; Shimwel, T; van Weeren, RJ; Botteon, A; Cassano, R; Brunetti, G; De Gasperin, F; Wittor, D; Hoeft, M; Birzan, L

Wilber, A; Bruggen, M (reprint author), Univ Hamburg, Hamburger Sternwarte, Gojenbergsweg 112, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany.

MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, 2018; 476 (3): 3415

Abstract

Merging galaxy clusters produce low-Mach-number shocks in the intracluster medium. These shocks can accelerate electrons to relativistic energies that......

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