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Radio Halo and Relic Sources in Galaxy Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Kinwah Wu ,
Melanie Johnston-Hollitt  and
Richard Hunstead
Kinwah Wu
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey RH5 6NT, United Kingdom
Melanie Johnston-Hollitt
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands
Richard Hunstead
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Abstract

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We review briefly the general properties of halo and relic sources in galaxy clusters. We also present a polarized radiative transfer algorithm which is useful for calculations of polarized radio emission from halos, relics and active galaxies in a magnetized intra-cluster medium.

Type
I. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 312 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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