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http://dx.doi.org/10.5303/JKAS.2016.49.3.83

RE-ACCELERATION MODEL FOR THE 'TOOTHBRUSH' RADIO RELIC  

KANG, HYESUNG (Department of Earth Sciences, Pusan National University)
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Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society / v.49, no.3, 2016 , pp. 83-92 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Toothbrush radio relic associated with the merging cluster 1RXS J060303.3 is presumed to be produced by relativistic electrons accelerated at merger-driven shocks. Since the shock Mach number inferred from the observed radio spectral index, Mradio ≈ 2.8, is larger than that estimated from X-ray observations, MX ≲ 1.5, we consider the re-acceleration model in which a weak shock of Ms ≈ 1.2 - 1.5 sweeps through the intracluster plasma with a preshock population of relativistic electrons. We find the models with a power-law momentum spectrum with the slope, s ≈ 4.6, and the cutoff Lorentz factor, γe,c ≈ 7-8×104 can reproduce reasonably well the observed profiles of radio uxes and integrated radio spectrum of the head portion of the Toothbrush relic. This study confirms the strong connection between the ubiquitous presence of fossil relativistic plasma originated from AGNs and the shock-acceleration model of radio relics in the intracluster medium.
Keywords
acceleration of particles; cosmic rays; galaxies; clusters; general; shock waves;
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