Extended radio emission in the galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 detected with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array

Abstract

MS 0735.6+7421 ($z=0.216$) is a massive cool core galaxy cluster hosting one of the most powerful active galactic nuclei (AGN) outbursts known. The radio jets of the AGN have carved out an unusually large pair of X-ray cavities, each reaching a diameter of $200$ kpc. This makes MS 0735.6+7421 a unique case to investigate active galactic nuclei feedback processes, as well as other cluster astrophysics at radio wavelengths. We present new low-radio-frequency observations of MS 0735.6+7421 taken with the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA): 5 hours of P-band ($224-480$ MHz) and 5 hours of L-band ($1-2$ GHz) observations, both in C configuration. Our VLA P-band ($224-480$ MHz) observations reveal the presence of a new diffuse radio component reaching a scale of $\sim$ $900$ kpc in the direction of the jets and of $\sim$ $500$ kpc in the direction perpendicular to the jets. This component is centered on the cluster core and has a radio power scaled at $1.4$ GHz of $P_{1.4\text{ GHz}}=(4\pm 2)\times 10^{24}$ WHz${}^{-1}$. Its properties are consistent with those expected from a radio mini-halo as seen in other massive cool core clusters, although it may also be associated with radio plasma that has diffused out of the X-ray cavities. Observations at higher spatial resolution are needed to fully characterize the properties and nature of this component. We also suggest that if radio mini-halos originate from jetted activity, we may be witnessing the early stages of this process.

11 pages, 7 figures, submitted to MNRAS

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