Low-frequency radio study of MACS clusters at 610 and 235 MHz using the GMRT

Abstract

Studies have shown that mergers of massive galaxy clusters produce shocks and turbulence in the intra-cluster medium, the possible event that creates radio relics, as well as the radio halos. Here we present GMRT dual-band (235 and 610~MHz) radio observations of four such clusters from the MAssive Cluster Survey (MACS) catalogue. We report the discovery of a very faint, diffuse, elongated radio source with a projected size of about 0.5~Mpc in cluster MACSJ0152.5-2852. We also confirm the presence of a radio relic-like source (about 0.4~Mpc, previously reported at 325~MHz) in MACSJ0025.4-1222 cluster. Proposed relics in both these clusters are found apparently inside the virial radius instead of their usual peripheral location, while no radio halos are detected. These high-redshift clusters ($z=0.584$ and $0.413$) are among the earliest merging systems detected with cluster radio emissions. In MACSJ1931-2635 cluster, we found a radio mini-halo and an interesting highly bent pair of radio jets. Further, we present here a maiden study of low frequency (GMRT $235\&610$~MHz) spectral and morphological signatures of a previously known radio cluster MACSJ0014.3-3022 (Abell~2744). This cluster hosts a relatively flat spectrum (${\alpha }_{235}^{610}\sim -1.15$), giant ($\sim 1.6$~Mpc each) halo-relic structure and a close-by high-speed ($1769{\pm }_{359}^{148}$~km~s${}^{-1}$) merger-shock ($\mathcal{M}=2.02{\pm }_{0.41}^{0.17}$) originated from a possible second merger in the cluster.

arXiv comment13 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

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