A radio halo surrounding the Brightest Cluster Galaxy in RXCJ0232.2-4420: a mini-halo in transition ?

Abstract

Diffuse radio sources associated with the intra-cluster medium are direct probes of the cosmic ray electrons and magnetic fields. We report the discovery of a diffuse radio source in the galaxy cluster RXCJ0232.2-4420 (SPT-CL J0232-4421, $z=0.2836$) using 606 MHz observations with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope. The diffuse radio source surrounds the Brightest Cluster Galaxy in the cluster like typical radio mini-halos. However the total extent of it is $550\times 800$ kpc${}^2$, which is larger than mini-halos and similar to that of radio halos. The BCG itself is also a radio source with a marginally resolved core at $7^{\prime \prime }$ (30 kpc) resolution. We measure the 606 MHz flux density of the RH to be $52\pm 5$ mJy. Assuming a spectral index of 1.3, the 1.4 GHz radio power is $4.5\times 10^{24}$ W Hz${}^{-1}$. The dynamical state of the cluster has been inferred to be "relaxed" and also as "complex" depending on the classification methods based on the morphology of the X-ray surface brightness. This system thus seems to be in the transition phase from a mini-halo to a radio halo.

Accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters

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