Diffuse radio emission in the merging cluster MACS J0717.5+3745: The discovery of the most powerful radio halo

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 991-997

  Van Weeren, R J ^a   Rottgering H J A ^a   Bruggen M ^b   Cohen, A ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cosmology: large scale structure of Universe; Galaxies: clusters: individual: MACS J0717.5+3745; Radio continuum: galaxies

Indexed keywords

CHANDRA; COSMOLOGY: LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF UNIVERSE; EQUIPARTITION; GALAXIES: CLUSTERS: INDIVIDUAL: MACS J0717.5+3745; GALAXY CLUSTERS; GALAXY GROUP; GIANT METREWAVE RADIO TELESCOPES; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; IN-BETWEEN; INTRA-CLUSTER MEDIUM; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAJOR AXIS; RADIO CONTINUUM: GALAXIES; RADIO EMISSION; RADIO HALO; RADIO OBSERVATION; RED SHIFT; SHOCK ACCELERATION; SPECTRAL INDICES; STRUCTURE FORMATIONS; VERY LARGE ARRAYS;

COSMOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MERGING; RADIO TELESCOPES;

GALAXIES;

EID: 70350070622     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/200912528     Document Type: Article

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