Evidence for particle re-acceleration in the radio relic in the galaxy cluster PLCKG287.0+32.9

Radio relics are diffuse radio sources observed in galaxy clusters, probably produced by shock acceleration during cluster-cluster mergers. Their large size, of the order of 1 Mpc, indicates that the emitting electrons need to be (re)accelerated locally. The usually invoked diffusive shock accelerat...

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Main Authors: Bonafede, A., Intema, Hubertus, Brüggen, M., Girardi, M., Nonino, M., Kantharia, N., Van Weeren, R., Röttgering, H.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74569