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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/649/A37
- Title:
- Abell 1775 radio images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/649/A37
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Thermal gas in the center of galaxy clusters can show substantial motions that generate surface brightness and temperature discontinuities known as cold fronts. The motions may be triggered by minor or o-axis mergers that preserve the cool-core of the system. The dynamics of the thermal gas can also generate radio emission from the intra-cluster medium (ICM) and impact the evolution of clusters radio sources. We study the central region of Abell 1775, a system in an ambiguous dynamical state at z=0.072 which is known to host an extended head-tail radio galaxy, with the aim of investigating the connection between thermal and non-thermal components in its center. We made use of a deep (100ks) Chandra observation accompanied by LOFAR 144MHz, GMRT 235MHz and 610MHz, and VLA 1.4GHz radio data. We find a spiral-like pattern in the X-ray surface brightness that is mirrored in the temperature and pseudo-entropy maps. Additionally, we characterize an arc-shaped cold front in the ICM. We interpret these features in the context of a slingshot gas tail scenario. The structure of the head-tail radio galaxy "breaks" at the position of the cold front, showing an extension that is detected only at low frequencies, likely due to its steep and curved spectrum. We speculate that particle re-acceleration is occurring in the outer region of this tail, that in total covers a projected size of 800kpc. We also report the discovery of revived fossil plasma with ultra-steep spectrum radio emission in the cluster core together with a central diffuse radio source that is bounded by the arc-shaped cold front. The results reported in this work demonstrate the interplay between thermal and non-thermal components in the cluster center and the presence of ongoing particle re-acceleration in the ICM on different scales.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/643/A172
- Title:
- Abell 2626 radio source LOFAR image at 144MHz
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/643/A172
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new LOFAR data of the galaxy cluster Abell 2626. Weproduced a new, resolved spectral index map of the source with a resolution of 7" and we studied the spatial correlation of radio and X-ray emission to investigate the interplay between thermal and nonthermal plasma. The new LOFAR data changed our view of the Kite because we discovered two steep-spectrum ({alpha}<-1.5) plumes of emission connected to the arcs. On the basis of our results, we propose that the Kite was originally an X-shaped radio galaxy whose fossil radio plasma, after the end of the activity of the central active galactic nucleus, has been compressed as a consequence of motions of the thermal plasma encompassing the galaxy. The interplay between the compression and advection of the fossil plasma, with the restarting of the nuclear activity of the central galaxy,could have enhanced the radio emission of the fossil plasma producing the arcs of the Kite. We also present the first, low-frequency observation of a jellyfish galaxy in the same field, in which we detect extended, low-frequency emission without a counterpart at higher frequencies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/120/2338
- Title:
- Abell 576 redshifts
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/120/2338
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe observations of the nearby (cz=11487km/s) cluster of galaxies Abell 576 beyond the virial radius and into the infall region where galaxies are on their first or second pass through the cluster. Using 1057 redshifts, we use the infall pattern in redshift space to determine the mass profile of A576 to a radius of ~4h^-1^Mpc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/477/648
- Title:
- Abell S1063 and MACS J1149.5+2223 photometry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/477/648
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyse the Kormendy relations (KRs) of the two Frontier Fields clusters, Abell S1063, at z=0.348, and MACS J1149.5+2223, at z=0.542, exploiting very deep Hubble Space Telescope photometry and Very Large Telescope (VLT)/Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) integral field spectroscopy. With this novel data set, we are able to investigate how the KR parameters depend on the cluster galaxy sample selection and how this affects studies of galaxy evolution based on the KR. We define and compare four different galaxy samples according to (a) Sersic indices: early-type ('ETG'), (b) visual inspection: 'ellipticals', (c) colours: 'red', (d) spectral properties: 'passive'. The classification is performed for a complete sample of galaxies with m_F814W_<=22.5-ABmag (M_*_>=10^10.0^M_{sun}_). To derive robust galaxy structural parameters, we use two methods: (1) an iterative estimate of structural parameters using images of increasing size, in order to deal with closely separated galaxies and (2) different background estimations, to deal with the intracluster light contamination. The comparison between the KRs obtained from the different samples suggests that the sample selection could affect the estimate of the best-fitting KR parameters. The KR built with ETGs is fully consistent with the one obtained for ellipticals and passive. On the other hand, the KR slope built on the red sample is only marginally consistent with those obtained with the other samples. We also release the photometric catalogue with structural parameters for the galaxies included in the present analysis.
- ID:
- ivo://irsa.ipac/Spitzer/Catalog/Abell1763/A1763src
- Title:
- Abell 1763 Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- A1763src
- Date:
- 01 Oct 2018 20:27:16
- Publisher:
- NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
- Description:
- The Abell 1763 data set includes images in r', J, H, and Ks obtained using the Palomar 200in telescope, as well as the IRAC and MIPS images from Spitzer. The cluster is covered out to approximately 3 virial radii with deep 24 mum imaging (a 5sigma depth of 0.2 mJy). This same field of ~40' × 40' is covered in all four IRAC bands as well as the longer wavelength MIPS bands (70 and 160 mum). The r' imaging covers ~0.8 deg2 down to 25.5 mag, and overlaps with most of the MIPS field of view. The J, H, and Ks images cover the cluster core and roughly half of the filament galaxies, which extend toward the neighboring cluster, Abell 1770. The Source Catalog includes photometry from r', J, H, Ks, IRAC 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8 microns, and MIPS 24, 70, and 160 microns images, along with SDSS ugriz and 2MASS JHK photometry.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/602/A20
- Title:
- Abell 315 spectroscopic dataset
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/602/A20
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Determination of cluster masses is a fundamental tool for cosmology. Comparing mass estimates obtained by different probes allows to understand possible systematic uncertainties. Aims. The cluster Abell 315 is an interesting test case, since it has been claimed to be underluminous in X-ray for its mass (determined via kinematics and weak lensing). We have undertaken new spectroscopic observations with the aim of improving the cluster mass estimate, using the distribution of galaxies in projected phase space. We identified cluster members in our new spectroscopic sample. We estimated the cluster mass from the projected phase-space distribution of cluster members using the MAMPOSSt method. In doing this estimate we took into account the presence of substructures that we were able to identify. We identify several cluster substructures. The main two have an overlapping spatial distribution, suggesting a (past or ongoing) collision along the line-of-sight. After accounting for the presence of substructures, the mass estimate of Abell 315 from 14 kinematics is reduced by a factor 4, down to M_200_=0.8_-0.4_^+0.6^10+14M_{sun}_. We also find evidence that the cluster mass concentration is unusually low, c_200_=r_200_/r_-2_<1. Using our new estimate of c200 we revise the weak lensing mass estimate down to M_200_=1.8_-0.9_^+1.7^10+14M_{sun}_. Our new mass estimates are in agreement with that derived from the cluster X-ray luminosity via a scaling relation, M_200_=0.9+/-0.2*10^14^M_{sun}_. Abell 315 no longer belongs to the class of X-ray underluminous clusters. Its mass estimate was inflated by the presence of an undetected subcluster in collision with the main cluster. Whether the presence of undetected line-of-sight structures can be a general explanation for all X-ray underluminous clusters remains to be explored using a statistically significant sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/1437
- Title:
- Abell 2744 strong-lensing analysis
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/1437
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a high-precision mass model of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, based on a strong gravitational-lensing analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields (HFF) imaging data, which now include both Advanced Camera for Surveys and Wide Field Camera 3 observations to the final depth. Taking advantage of the unprecedented depth of the visible and near-infrared data, we identify 34 new multiply imaged galaxies, bringing the total to 61, comprising 181 individual lensed images. In the process, we correct previous erroneous identifications and positions of multiple systems in the northern part of the cluster core. With the lenstool software and the new sets of multiple images, we model the cluster using two cluster-scale dark matter haloes plus galaxy-scale haloes for the cluster members. Our best-fitting model predicts image positions with an rms error of 0.79 arcsec, which constitutes an improvement by almost a factor of 2 over previous parametric models of this cluster. We measure the total projected mass inside a 200kpc aperture as (2.162+/-0.005)x10^14^M_{sun}_, thus reaching 1 percent level precision for the second time, following the recent HFF measurement of MACSJ0416.1-2403. Importantly, the higher quality of the mass model translates into an overall improvement by a factor of 4 of the derived magnification factor. Together with our previous HFF gravitational lensing analysis, this work demonstrates that the HFF data enables high-precision mass measurements for massive galaxy clusters and the derivation of robust magnification maps to probe the early Universe.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/468/703
- Title:
- Abell 168 ultra-diffuse galaxies distribution
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/468/703
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Taking advantage of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Stripe82 data, we have explored the spatial distribution of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) within an area of 8x8Mpc^2^ centred around the galaxy cluster Abell 168 (z=0.045). This intermediate massive cluster ({sigma}=550km/s) is surrounded by a complex large-scale structure. Our work confirms the presence of UDGs in the cluster and in the large-scale structure that surrounds it, and it is the first detection of UDGs outside clusters. Approximately 50 per cent of the UDGs analysed in the selected area inhabit the cluster region (~11+/-5 per cent in the core and ~39+/-9 per cent in the outskirts), whereas the remaining UDGs are found outside the main cluster structure (~50+/-11 per cent). The colours and the spatial distribution of the UDGs within this large-scale structure are more similar to dwarf galaxies than to L* galaxies, suggesting that most UDGs could be bona fide dwarf galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/612/A19
- Title:
- Abell 2052 VLT/MUSE datacubes
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/612/A19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report observations of the radio galaxy 3C317 (at z=0.0345) located at the center of the Abell cluster A2052, obtained with the VLT/MUSE integral field spectrograph. The Chandra images of this cluster show cavities in the X-ray emitting gas, which were produced by the expansion of the radio lobes inflated by the active galactic nucleus (AGN). Our exquisite MUSE data show with unprecedented detail the complex network of line emitting filaments enshrouding the northern X-ray cavity. We do not detect any emission lines from the southern cavity, with a luminosity asymmetry between the two regions higher than ~75. The emission lines produced by the warm phase of the interstellar medium (WIM) enable us to obtain unique information on the properties of the emitting gas. We find dense gas (up to 270cm^-3^) that makes up part of a global quasi spherical outflow that is driven by the radio source, and obtain a direct estimate of the expansion velocity of the cavities (265km/s). The emission lines diagnostic rules out ionization from the AGN or from star-forming regions, suggesting instead ionization from slow shocks or from cosmic rays. The striking asymmetric line emission observed between the two cavities contrasts with the less pronounced differences between the north and south sides in the hot gas; this represents a significant new ingredient for our understanding of the process of the exchange of energy between the relativistic plasma and the external medium. We conclude that the expanding radio lobes displace the hot tenuous phase of the interstellar medium (ISM), but also impact the colder and denser ISM phases. These results show the effects of the AGN on its host and the importance of radio mode feedback.