scholarly journals Properties of Radio Sources in Clusters of Galaxies

1977 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel E. Harris

“The properties of radio sources in clusters” presupposes that we know something about radio sources out of clusters, or that we even know whether a radio source is “in” or “out” of a cluster. Thus we are faced with the problem of defining what we mean by a cluster. Most of us use Abell’s catalogue of RICH clusters and assume that we are really “in” a cluster. However, most radio sources are identified with faint, distant objects and it is often difficult to know whether the remark “galaxy in a group” or “galaxy in a cluster” indicates a cluster such as the Coma Cluster, a cluster similar to an “open” Zwicky cluster, or a group of galaxies which may be gravitationally bound.This uncertainty must not be forgotten, and in the following discussion, we will try to limit the effects of this by concentrating on catalogued clusters; ignoring most distant radio galaxies, many of which may be in rich clusters; and also by neglecting quasars, some or all of which may be in clusters.

1991 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 759 ◽  
Author(s):  
PA Shaver

An analysis of the Molonglo Reference Catalogue indicates that significant departures from isotropy are present in the sky distribution of strong extragalactic radio sources. This has been shown to be due to local large scale structure, specifically a concentration to the supergalactic plane, which also influences the slope of the source counts. A study of the three-dimensional distribution of local radio galaxies shows that they are more strongly concentrated to the supergalactic plane than are optically�selected galaxies, and that the supergalactic concentration is more extensive than hitherto believed. It appears that radio galaxies (and clusters of galaxies) trace the 'skeleton' of large scale structure, about which normal galaxies are more loosely distributed. Thus, while large scale structure evidently complicates the interpretation of radio source counts, it appears that radiO surveys can be of value in exploring structures on the largest scales.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (S313) ◽  
pp. 315-320
Author(s):  
Elizabeth L. Blanton ◽  
Rachel Paterno-Mahler ◽  
Joshua D. Wing ◽  
M. L. N. Ashby ◽  
Emmet Golden-Marx ◽  
...  

AbstractWe are conducting a large survey of distant clusters of galaxies using radio sources with bent jets and lobes as tracers. These radio sources are driven by AGN and achieve their bent morphologies through interaction with the surrounding gas found in clusters of galaxies. Based on low-redshift studies, these types of sources can be used to identify clusters very efficiently. We present initial results from our survey of 653 bent-double radio sources with optical hosts too faint to appear in the SDSS. The sample was observed in the infrared with Spitzer, and it has revealed ~200 distant clusters or proto-clusters in the redshift range z ~ 0.7 - 3.0. The sample of bent-doubles contains both quasars and radio galaxies enabling us to study both radiative and kinetic mode feedback in cluster and group environments at a wide range of redshifts.


1978 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 157-159
Author(s):  
R. Wielebinski

The existence of ‘haloes’ in clusters of galaxies was deduced by Ryle and Windram (1968) for the Perseus cluster and by Willson (1970) for the Coma cluster at 408 MHz by comparing total flux measured by a single dish with the sum of fluxes of radio sources found in the field. A direct measurement of the extended source Coma C was made by Jaffe et al. (1976) at 610 MHz. the failure to detect the halo of Coma at higher frequencies is attributed by all authors to a steep spectrum of this extended component.


1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 349-350
Author(s):  
Aileen A. O'Donoghue ◽  
Jean A. Eilek ◽  
Frazer N. Owen

We have begun VLA observations of straight-angle tailed radio sources (SATs) at 1.5 and 4.8 GHz (L and C band) to achieve one arcsecond resolution at each frequency. This will provide a SAT data set similar to the O'Donoghue, Owen, and Eilek (1990) WAT data set with both total intensity and spectral index information. We will use these data to examine morphological and dynamical properties of straight-tailed radio sources in clusters of galaxies.


2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (S274) ◽  
pp. 340-347 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luigina Feretti ◽  
Gabriele Giovannini ◽  
Federica Govoni ◽  
Matteo Murgia

AbstractThe first detection of a diffuse radio source in a cluster of galaxies, dates back to the 1959 (Coma Cluster, Large et al. 1959). Since then, synchrotron radiating radio sources have been found in several clusters, and represent an important cluster component which is linked to the thermal gas. Such sources indicate the existence of large scale magnetic fields and of a population of relativistic electrons in the cluster volume. The observational results provide evidence that these phenomena are related to turbulence and shock-structures in the intergalactic medium, thus playing a major role in the evolution of the large scale structure in the Universe. The interaction between radio sources and cluster gas is well established in particular at the center of cooling core clusters, where feedback from AGN is a necessary ingredient to adequately describe the formation and evolution of galaxies and host clusters.


1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 511 ◽  
Author(s):  
BY Mills ◽  
RR Shobbrook ◽  
D Stewart-Richardson

Fifty-eight clusters from Abell's catalogue have been examined for radio emission using the Arecibo l000 ft reflector and the Molonglo 1 mile Cross. The positions, sizes, and flux densities at 408 MHz of 30 radio sources close to these clusters have been measured. Nineteen of these offer reasonable identifications with galaxies or blue stellar objects. Thirteen appear to be identifiable with individual cluster galaxies. No evidence for integrated cluster emission has been obtained. It has been concluded that either the centroid of radio sources may sometimes be well displaced from the parent galaxies or, in a significant number of cases, the only detectable radio source in a cluster is associated with a faint cluster galaxy, not a giant.


1999 ◽  
Vol 194 ◽  
pp. 241-245
Author(s):  
Philip Best ◽  
Huub Röttgering ◽  
Malcolm Longair

The results of a deep spectroscopic campaign on powerful radio galaxies with redshifts z ˜ 1, to investigate in detail their emission line gas properties, are presented. Both the 2-dimensional velocity structure of the [OII] 3727 emission line and the ionisation state of the gas are found to be strongly dependent upon the linear size (age) of the radio source in a manner indicative of the emission line properties of small (young) radio sources being dominated by the passage of the radio source shocks. The consequences of this evolution throughout the few x107 year lifetime of the radio source are discussed, particularly with relation to the alignment of the UV–optical continuum emission of these objects along their radio axis, the nature of which shows similar evolution.


1987 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 545-564 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. I. Kellermann ◽  
J. V. Wall

Radio source counts at several wavelengths are shown and discussed in terms of evolving populations. The deepest counts now reach a surface density close to a million sources per steradian. At this level essentially all of the luminous radio galaxies and quasars appear to be included, and the weaker sources apparently reflect a relatively nearby population of less luminous radio sources.


1984 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 516-529 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. B. Slee ◽  
J. E. Reynolds

It is well established (e.g. Slee et al. 1983) that radio galaxies near the centres of rich clusters of galaxies tend to have steeper radio spectra than field radio galaxies. The fact that the sources with the steepest spectra occur in clusters that are highly luminous X-ray emitters has generally been interpreted in terms of the confining influence of a hot (~108 K), relatively dense (10-2 to 10-3 electrons cm-3) intra-cluster gas; the confined relativistic plasma then preferentially loses its high-energy electrons through synchrotron and inverse Compton losses, resulting in a steepening of the radio spectrum. A more detailed review of the evidence for this process is given by Robertson (1983).


1977 ◽  
Vol 74 ◽  
pp. 305-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Jaffe

For some time there have been suggestions that there is a special association of radio galaxies with rich clusters of galaxies, and more recently that the radio galaxies in clusters may show different characteristics from those outside. I will discuss the evidence for three types of such differences, in luminosity function, morphology, and occurance of steep spectrum sources. In each case I will try to connect any difference I find to the cluster environment.


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