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2011MNRAS.414L..65V - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 414, L65-L69 (2011/June-2)

An elusive radio halo in the merging cluster Abell 781?

VENTURI T., GIACINTUCCI G., DALLACASA D., BRUNETTI G., CASSANO R., MACARIO G. and ATHREYA R.

Abstract (from CDS):

Deep radio observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 781 have been carried out using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope at 325 MHz and have been compared to previous 610-MHz observations and to archival Very Large Array (VLA) 1.4-GHz data. The radio emission from the cluster is dominated by a diffuse source located at the outskirts of the X-ray emission, which we tentatively classify as a radio relic. We detected residual diffuse emission at the cluster centre at the level of S_325 MHz_∼ 15–20 mJy. Our analysis disagrees with Govoni et al., and on the basis of simple spectral considerations, we do not support their claim of a radio halo with the flux density of 20–30 mJy at 1.4 GHz. Abell 781, a massive and merging cluster, is an intriguing case. Assuming that the residual emission is indicative of the presence of a radio halo barely detectable at our sensitivity level, it could be a very steep spectrum source. Spatially resolved kinematics of an ultracompact dwarf galaxy

Abstract Copyright: 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society2011 RAS

Journal keyword(s): radiation mechanisms: non-thermal - galaxies: clusters: general - galaxies: clusters: individual: Abell 781 - radio continuum: general

Nomenclature: Fig. 1, Table 1: [VGD2011] SN (Nos S1-S6), [VGD2011] Relic N=1.

Simbad objects: 16

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