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Low- frequency radio maps for the REXCESS cluster sample

Low- frequency radio maps for the REXCESS cluster sample . S.R. Heidenreich, University of Southampton In collaboration with J.H. Croston, University of Southampton;

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Low- frequency radio maps for the REXCESS cluster sample

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  1. Low-frequencyradiomapsforthe REXCESS cluster sample S.R. Heidenreich, University of Southampton In collaborationwith J.H. Croston, University of Southampton; H. Böhringer, MPE Garching; G.Pratt, CEA-Saclay; S. Raychaudhury , University of Birmingham; Melanie Johnston-Hollitt, Victoria University of Wellington

  2. Motivation • The evolutionofthebaryoniccomponentoftheUniverseisoneofthemainoutstandungchallengesofextragalacticastronomy • Recent X-rayobservations:Dark matter distribution in goodagreementwithpredictions but substantial discrepanciesbetweenobservedcluster gas porpertiesandpredictions from simulations • Clusters areunderluminous in X-rayfortheirmass, seemstobe due to an excess in gas entropythatextendstoouterregionsofthecluster

  3. Motivation • Excessentropythoughttoresult from radiativecoolingandheating from radioloud AGN • Cluster surveysathigh redshift rely on scalingrelationsbetweenclustermassand observables, thatdepend on cluster gas properties  Essential to understand theprocessesthatcausetheobservedscalingrelationstodiffer from predictionsand understand scatter in theserelationsandhowtheyevolvewith redshift Arnaud&Evrard 1999

  4. Aims • To complete mapping of the entire REXCESS sample at 610 MHz and 240 MHz. • To characterize the radio-loud AGN population of the clusters by optically identifying cluster radio sources, measuring luminosities, making morphological classifications, and producing spectral index maps. • To identify radio relic and halo sources and measure their properties. • To determine the equipartition energy content of the cluster-centre radio galaxies, and to use radio scaling laws (e.g. Birzan et al. 2008, ApJ 686 859) to investigate their energetic impact. • To investigate the relations between AGN properties and global cluster characteristics (e.g. X-ray luminosity, mass, gas mass fraction, dynamical state, temperature, pressure and entropy distribution, BCG properties) determined from our multi-wavelength data. • To investigate the effect of radio-loud AGN on cluster scaling relations (e.g. luminosity-temperature, entropy-temperature and Mgas-temperature) and the effect of both central cluster AGN and non-central AGN on cluster gas properties.

  5. Galaxyclusters • 10 -15 % baryonic matter ( 8-10 % hot gas, ~1% stars, restcold gas & dust) • 85-90% dark matter • Hundredsofmembergalaxies • Total mass >1014Msun • Containold, massive ellipticals in thecenterandmainlylate-type galaxies in theouterregions

  6. REXCESS Cluster Sample • 33 nearby (z < 0.2)galaxyclusters • Unbiasedbydynamicalstate • Fullysamplesclusterluminosityfunction • Observed in X-ray, optical, SZ andradiowavelength  Determination ofdistributionofpropertiesforlocalclusterpopulationas a whole

  7. All REXCESS clusters in X-ray Böhringer et al. 2007

  8. A relaxed cluster Böhringer et al. 2007

  9. A merging cluster Böhringer et al. 2007

  10. Before flagging After flagging RFI flagging - a challenge in lowfrequencydata

  11. CASA andAOFlagger • CASA Script in combinationwith AO-Flagger • AO-Flaggerdevelopedfor LOFARdetectsrfiandbadbaselines • Anotherchallengeistheimaging, wherewidefieldhastobeused

  12. CalibrationProcess

  13. Summaryof all mappedclusters Data reductionfor 9/28 clustersiscomplete 7/9 show an associatedradiosourde 4/7 showsourceatpositionofcentralpeak in X-ray Clusters arenicelydistributedoverwhole X-rayluminosity, and X-raytemperaturerange Scaling Relations of Galaxy Clusters - Liverpool - June 2011

  14. Luminosity-Temperaturerelation Redstars: Alreadymappedclusters Black stars: Currentlyunmappedclusters, but dataavailable Black line: fit Grey lines: error on fit X-raydata from Pratt et al. 2008

  15. Luminosity vs. redshift redstars: Alreadymappedclusters Black stars: Currentlyunmappedclusters, but dataavailable X-raydata from Pratt et al. 2008 Redshifts from Böhringer et al. 2007

  16. LX-ray vs. TX-raybrightandfaintsources Redstars:faintradiosourcesluminositydensity < 1025 W Hz-1 Blue stars: brightradiosourcesluminositydensity > 1025 W Hz-1

  17. X-rayluminosity vs. Radio luminosityextendedandpointsources Blue stars:point-likemappedclusters Redstars: Extended mappedcluster

  18. RXCJ0006 and RXCJ2023

  19. RXCJ2234 and RXCJ2149

  20. RXCJ2157

  21. Future work • Finish mappingof REXCESS sample • Makemapsusingthe 240 MHz dataforspectralinformation, estimateagesandenergetics. • Comparetheir X-rayandopticalpropertiesandscalinglaws • Use REXCESS sample asbaselinetoextendittohigher redshift with GMRT and LOFAR toinvestigatetheevolutionofclusterradio-loud AGN populationsandtheireffect on scalingrelations • Use LOFAR toinvestigatepresenceof diffuse radioemissionassociatedwithpreviouscyclesof AGN activity

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