Overview
- Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D thesis by the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Reports on the discovery of a new radio halo
- Presents the first detection of polarisation in NGC 6251 at low frequencies and highlights LOFAR’s uniquely high resolution in Faraday depth
- Details polarisation analysis with LOFAR
Part of the book series: Springer Theses (Springer Theses)
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About this book
This book uses new data from the very low radio frequency telescope LOFAR to analyse the magnetic structure in the giant radio galaxy NGC6251. This analysis reveals that the magnetic field strength in the locality of this giant radio galaxy is an order of magnitude lower than in other comparable systems. Due to the observational limitations associated with capturing such huge astrophysical structures, giant radio galaxies are historically a poorly sampled population of objects; however, their preferential placement in the more rarefied regions of the cosmic web makes them a uniquely important probe of large-scale structures. In particular, the polarisation of the radio emissions from giant radio galaxies is one of the few tools available to us that can be used to measure magnetic fields in regions where the strength of those fields is a key differentiator for competing models of the origin of cosmic magnetism. Low frequency polarisation data are crucial for detailed analyses of magnetic structure, but they are also the most challenging type of observational data to work with. This book presents a beautifully coupled description of the technical and scientific analysis required to extract valuable information from such data and, as the new generation of low frequency radio telescopes reveals the larger population of giant radio galaxies, it offers a significant resource for future analyses.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Low Frequency Radio Observations of Galaxy Clusters and Groups
Authors: Thérèse Cantwell
Series Title: Springer Theses
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97976-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-97975-5Published: 11 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07430-2Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-97976-2Published: 01 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2190-5053
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5061
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVII, 134
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 51 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Cosmology, Astrophysics and Astroparticles