Magnetic field amplification in galaxy clusters and its simulation

J Donnert, F Vazza, M Brüggen, J ZuHone - Space Science Reviews, 2018 - Springer
We review the present theoretical and numerical understanding of magnetic field
amplification in cosmic large-scale structure, on length scales of galaxy clusters and beyond …

Recent Progress in Modeling the Macro-and Micro-Physics of Radio Jet Feedback in Galaxy Clusters

MA Bourne, HYK Yang - Galaxies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Radio jets and the lobes they inflate are common in cool-core clusters and are known to play
a critical role in regulating the heating and cooling of the intracluster medium (ICM). This is …

Magnetic fields and relativistic electrons fill entire galaxy cluster

A Botteon, RJ van Weeren, G Brunetti, F Vazza… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
The hot plasma within merging galaxy clusters is predicted to be filled with shocks and
turbulence that may convert part of their kinetic energy into relativistic electrons and …

The Coma cluster at LOFAR frequencies. II. The halo, relic, and a new accretion relic

A Bonafede, G Brunetti, L Rudnick… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present LOw Frequency ARray observations of the Coma Cluster field at 144
MHz. The cluster hosts one of the most famous radio halos, a relic, and a low surface …

Galaxy clusters enveloped by vast volumes of relativistic electrons

V Cuciti, F de Gasperin, M Brüggen, F Vazza… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
The central regions of galaxy clusters are permeated by magnetic fields and filled with
relativistic electrons. When clusters merge, the magnetic fields are amplified and relativistic …

Zooming in on the circumgalactic medium with GIBLE: Resolving small-scale gas structure in cosmological simulations

R Ramesh, D Nelson - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT We introduce Project GIBLE (Gas Is Better resoLved around galaxiEs), a suite of
cosmological zoom-in simulations where gas in the circumgalactic medium (CGM) is …

Non-thermal pressure support in X-COP galaxy clusters

D Eckert, V Ghirardini, S Ettori, E Rasia, V Biffi… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Galaxy clusters are the endpoints of structure formation and are continuously growing
through the merging and accretion of smaller structures. Numerical simulations predict that a …

The Cluster HEritage project with XMM-Newton: Mass Assembly and Thermodynamics at the Endpoint of structure formation-I. Programme overview

M Arnaud, S Ettori, GW Pratt, M Rossetti… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
The Cluster HEritage project with XMM-Newton–Mass Assembly and Thermodynamics at
the Endpoint of structure formation (CHEX-MATE) is a three-mega-second Multi-Year …

Second-order fermi reacceleration mechanisms and large-scale synchrotron radio emission in intracluster bridges

G Brunetti, F Vazza - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Radio observations at low frequencies with the low frequency array (LOFAR) start
discovering gigantic radio bridges connecting pairs of massive galaxy clusters. These …

Simulations of extragalactic magnetic fields and of their observables

F Vazza, M Brueggen, C Gheller… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The origin of extragalactic magnetic fields is still poorly understood. Based on a dedicated
suite of cosmological magneto-hydrodynamical simulations with the ENZO code we have …