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Diffuse Cluster-Wide Radio Halos

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Haida Liang
Haida Liang*
Affiliation:
Physics Dept., University of Bristol, Tyndall Ave., Bristol BS8 1TL, UK

Abstract

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We will discuss the properties and origins of halos and relics including estimates of the cluster magnetic fields, and present results for a few recently discovered halos and relics. The electrons in the suprathermal high energy tail of the thermal gas distribution are likely to provide the seed particles for acceleration through mergers and turbulences to relativistic energies. These relativistic particles are then responsible for the synchrotron emission of the halos.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 516 - 518
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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