MeerKAT uncovers the physics of an odd radio circle

ABSTRACT Odd radio circles (ORCs) are recently-discovered faint diffuse circles of radio emission, of unknown cause, surrounding galaxies at moderate redshift (z ∼ 0.2 – 0.6). Here, we present detailed new MeerKAT radio images at 1284 MHz of the first ORC, originally discovered with the Australian S...

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Veröffentlicht in:Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2022-04, Vol.513 (1), p.1300-1316
Hauptverfasser: Norris, Ray P, Collier, J D, Crocker, Roland M, Heywood, Ian, Macgregor, Peter, Rudnick, L, Shabala, Stas, Andernach, Heinz, da Cunha, Elisabete, English, Jayanne, Filipović, Miroslav, Koribalski, Bärbel S, Luken, Kieran, Robotham, Aaron, Sekhar, Srikrishna, Thorne, Jessica E, Vernstrom, Tessa
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Zusammenfassung:ABSTRACT Odd radio circles (ORCs) are recently-discovered faint diffuse circles of radio emission, of unknown cause, surrounding galaxies at moderate redshift (z ∼ 0.2 – 0.6). Here, we present detailed new MeerKAT radio images at 1284 MHz of the first ORC, originally discovered with the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder, with higher resolution (6 arcsec) and sensitivity (∼ 2.4 μJy/beam). In addition to the new images, which reveal a complex internal structure consisting of multiple arcs, we also present polarization and spectral index maps. Based on these new data, we consider potential mechanisms that may generate the ORCs.
ISSN:0035-8711
1365-2966
DOI:10.1093/mnras/stac701