2025ApJ...979....4P


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2025ApJ...979....4P - Astrophys. J., 979, 4 (2025/January-3)

A uGMRT and MeerKAT Study of Radio Relics in the Low-mass Merging Cluster PSZ2 G200.95-28.16.

PAL A., KALE R., WANG Q.H.S. and WIK D.R.

Abstract (from CDS):

Diffuse radio sources known as radio relics are direct tracers of shocks in the outskirts of merging galaxy clusters. PSZ2 G200.95-28.16, a low-mass merging cluster (M500 = (2.7 ± 0.2) × 1014M⊙), features a prominent radio relic, first identified by R. Kale et al. We name this relic as the Seahorse. The MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey has confirmed two additional radio relics, R2 and R3, in this cluster. We present new observations of this cluster with the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) at 400 and 650 MHz, paired with Chandra X-ray data. The largest linear sizes for the three relics are 1.53 Mpc, 1.12 kpc, and 340 kpc. All three radio relics are polarized at 1283 MHz. Assuming the diffusive shock acceleration model, the spectral indices of the relics imply shock Mach Numbers of 3.1 ± 0.8 and 2.8 ± 0.9 for the Seahorse and R2, respectively. The Chandra X-ray surface brightness map shows two prominent subclusters, but the relics are not perpendicular to the likely merger axis, as typically observed; no shocks are detected at the locations of the relics. We discuss possible merger scenarios in light of the low mass of the cluster and the radio and X-ray properties of the relics. The relic R2 follows the correlation known in the radio relic power and cluster-mass plane, but the Seahorse and R3 relics are outliers. We have also discovered a radio ring in our 650 MHz uGMRT image that could be an Odd Radio Circle candidate.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Galaxy clusters - Intracluster medium - Extragalactic radio sources - Radio continuum emission

Simbad objects: 12

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Number of rows : 12
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 ACO 2744 ClG 00 14 20.03 -30 23 17.8           ~ 1077 0
2 ORC J0102-2450 Rad 01 02 24.50 -24 50 38.1           ~ 14 0
3 PLCKESZ G200.9-28.2 ClG 04 50 20.90 -02 56 57.6           ~ 17 0
4 2MASX J04502353-0302367 G 04 50 23.5041697080 -03 02 36.834481500           ~ 3 0
5 ICRF J052109.8+163822 Sy1 05 21 09.88596258 +16 38 22.0515459   19.37 18.84 18.480   ~ 910 1
6 ICRF J054236.1+495107 Sy1 05 42 36.13789710 +49 51 07.2337139   18.45 17.80 17.210   ~ 1573 1
7 ClG J0603.3+4214 ClG 06 03.3 +42 14           ~ 141 0
8 ACO 746 ClG 09 09 34.7638 +51 32 56.134           ~ 55 0
9 3C 286 Sy1 13 31 08.2883506368 +30 30 32.960091564   17.51 17.25     ~ 4558 2
10 ORC J1555+2726 Rad 15 55 24.65 +27 26 33.8           ~ 17 1
11 ORC J2103-6200 Rad 21 02 58.30 -62 00 16.0           ~ 17 0
12 CIZA J2242.8+5301 ClG 22 42 53.0 +53 01 05           ~ 228 0

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