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astro-ph.CO2013★ 38 cited

Initial Conditions for Idealised Clusters Mergers, simulating El Gordo

J. M. F. Donnert

Simulations of isolated binary mergers of galaxy clusters are a useful tool to study the evolution of these objects. For exceptionally massive systems they even represent the only…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 109 cited

New detections of radio minihalos in cool cores of galaxy clusters

Simona Giacintucci, Maxim Markevitch, Tiziana Venturi +3

Cool cores of some galaxy clusters exhibit faint radio "minihalos." Their origin is unclear; their study has been limited by their small number. We undertook a systematic search fo…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 70 cited

Discovery of Megaparsec-Scale, Low Surface Brightness Nonthermal Emission in Merging Galaxy Clusters using the Green Bank Telescope

Damon Farnsworth, Lawrence Rudnick, Shea Brown +1

We present results on 12 X-ray bright clusters observed at 1.4 GHz with the Green Bank Telescope. After subtraction of point sources, we reach a median (best) 1-sigma noise level o…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 73 cited

Physical properties in young radio sources. VLBA observations of high frequency peaking radio sources

M. Orienti, D. Dallacasa

Multifrequency Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) observations were performed to study the radio morphology and the synchrotron spectra of four high frequency peaking radio sources. T…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 27 cited

An optical spectroscopic survey of the 3CR sample of radio galaxies with z<0.3. V. Implications for the unified model for FRIIs

Ranieri D. Baldi, Alessandro Capetti, Sara Buttiglione +2

We explore the implications of our optical spectroscopic survey of 3CR radio sources with z<0.3 for the unified model (UM) for radio-loud AGN, focusing on objects with a FRII radio…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 36 cited

The spectral index image of the radio halo in the cluster Abell 520 hosting a famous bow shock

V. Vacca, L. Feretti, G. Giovannini +4

Synchrotron radio emission is being detected from an increasing number of galaxy clusters. Spectral index images are a powerful tool to investigate the origin, nature, and connecti…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 95 cited

Do radio relics challenge diffusive shock acceleration?

Franco Vazza, Marcus Brueggen

Radio relics in galaxy clusters are thought to be associated with powerful shock waves that accelerate particles via diffusive shock acceleration (DSA). Among the particles acceler…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 31 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Redshift Survey (VIPERS): from the galaxy clustering ratio measured at

J. Bel, C. Marinoni, B. R. Granett +47

We use a sample of about 22,000 galaxies at from the VIPERS PDR-1 catalogue, to constrain the cosmological model through a measurement of the galaxy {\it clustering ra…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 255 cited

The VIMOS Public Extragalactic Survey (VIPERS): First Data Release of 57 204 spectroscopic measurements

B. Garilli, L. Guzzo, M. Scodeggio +46

We present the first Public Data Release (PDR-1) of the VIMOS Public Extragalactic Survey (VIPERS). It comprises 57 204 spectroscopic measurements together with all additional info…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 38 cited

Evidence for nuclear radio jet and its structure down to <100 Schwarzschild radii in the center of the Sombrero galaxy (M 104, NGC 4594)

Kazuhiro Hada, Akihiro Doi, Hiroshi Nagai +4

Abridged: We investigated the detailed radio structure of the nucleus of the Sombrero galaxy using high-resolution, quasi-simultaneous, multi-frequency, phase-referencing VLBA obse…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 29 cited

A Polarisation Survey of Bright Extragalactic AT20G Sources

M. Massardi, S. G. Burke-Spolaor, T. Murphy +8

We present polarisation data for 180 extragalactic sources extracted from the Australia Telescope 20 GHz (AT20G) survey catalog, and observed with the Australia Telescope Compact A…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 24 cited

Is the Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect responsible for the observed steepening in the spectrum of the Coma radio halo ?

G. Brunetti, L. Rudnick, R. Cassano +3

The spectrum of the radio halo in the Coma cluster is measured over almost two decades in frequency. The current radio data show a steepening of the spectrum at higher frequencies,…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 209 cited

Radio Jets Clearing the Way Through a Galaxy: Watching Feedback in Action

Raffaella Morganti, Judit Fogasy, Zsolt Paragi +2

The energy released by an active galactic nucleus (AGN) has a strong impact on the surrounding interstellar medium (ISM). This feedback is considered to be the regulating factor fo…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 20 cited

The Lockman Hole project: gas and galaxy properties from a stacking experiment

K. Geréb, R. Morganti, T. A. Oosterloo +2

We perform an HI stacking analysis to study the relation between HI content and optical/radio/IR properties of galaxies located in the Lockman Hole area. In the redshift range cove…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 305 cited

Planck 2013 results. XXX. Cosmic infrared background measurements and implications for star formation

Planck Collaboration, P. A. R. Ade, N. Aghanim +238

We present new measurements of CIB anisotropies using Planck. Combining HFI data with IRAS, the angular auto- and cross frequency power spectrum is measured from 143 to 3000 GHz, a…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 191 cited

ALMA observations of feeding and feedback in nearby Seyfert galaxies: an AGN-driven outflow in NGC 1433

F. Combes, S. Garcia-Burillo, V. Casasola +9

We report ALMA observations of CO(3-2) emission in the Seyfert 2 double-barred galaxy NGC1433, at the unprecedented spatial resolution of 0.5"=24 pc. Our aim is to probe AGN feedin…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 25 cited

A candidate supermassive binary black hole system in the brightest cluster galaxy of RBS 797

M. Gitti, M. Giroletti, G. Giovannini +2

The radio source at the center of the cool core galaxy cluster RBS 797 (z=0.35) is known to exhibit a misalignment of its radio jets and lobes observed at different VLA-scale, with…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 24 cited

The puzzling radio source in the cool core cluster A 2626

Myriam Gitti

We report on new VLA radio observations performed at 1.4 GHz and 4.8 GHz with unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution (~1 arcsec) of the cool core cluster A 2626, which is…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 12 cited

A Multi-Wavelength Analysis of NGC 4178: A Bulgeless Galaxy with an AGN

Nathan Secrest, Shobita Satyapal, Sean Moran +5

We present {\it Gemini} longslit optical spectroscopy and VLA radio observations of the nuclear region of NGC 4178, a late-type bulgeless disk galaxy recently confirmed to host an…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 145 cited

Innermost collimation structure of the M87 jet down to ~ten Schwarzschild radii

Kazuhiro Hada, Motoki Kino, Akihiro Doi +6

We investigated the detailed inner jet structure of M87 using the Very Long Baseline Array data at 2, 5, 8.4, 15, 23.8, 43, and 86 GHz, especially focusing on the multi-frequency p…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 16 cited

Radio emission at the centre of the galaxy cluster Abell 3560: evidence for core sloshing?

T. Venturi, M. Rossetti, S. Bardelli +4

Previous radio observations of the galaxy cluster A3560 in the Shapley Concentration showed complex radio emission associated with the brightest cluster member.To understand its or…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 5 cited

A 20 GHz Bright Sample for Delta > 72 deg - II. Multi-frequency Follow-up

R. Ricci, S. Righini, R. Verma +10

We present follow-up observations at 5, 8 and 30 GHz of the K-band Northern Wide Survey (KNoWS) 20 GHz Bright Sample, performed with the 32-m Medicina Radio Telescope and the 32-m…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 23 cited

A gas-rich AGN near the centre of a galaxy cluster at z ~ 1.4

V. Casasola, L. Magrini, F. Combes +4

The formation of the first virialized structures in overdensities dates back to ~9 Gyr ago, i.e. in the redshift range z ~ 1.4 - 1.6. Some models of structure formation predict tha…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 6 cited

The VIMOS VLT Deep Survey: the redshift distribution N(z) of magnitude-limited samples down to iAB=24.75 and KsAB=22

O. Le Fevre, P. Cassata, O. Cucciati +20

We measure and analyse the redshift distribution N(z) of magnitude-selected samples using spectroscopic redshift measurement from the magnitude-selected VIMOS VLT Deep Survey (VVDS…