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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 486, Issue 3, Pages L31-L34Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810179
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radiation mechanism : non-thermal; galaxies : clusters : general; radio continuum : general; X-rays : general
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In this letter we present a morphological comparison between giant radio halos and radio mini-halos in galaxy clusters based on radio-X-ray luminosity, P-1.4-L-X, and radio luminosity-size, P-1.4-R-H, correlations. We report evidence that P-1.4-L-X and P-1.4-R-H trends may also exist for mini-halos: mini-halo clusters share the same region of giant halo clusters in the (P-1.4,L-X) plane, whereas they are clearly separated in the (P-1.4,R-H) plane. The synchrotron emissivity of mini-halos is found to be more than 50 times larger than that of giant halos, implying a very efficient process for their origins. By assuming a scenario of sporadical turbulent particle re-acceleration for both giant and mini halos, we discuss basic physical differences between these sources. Regardless of the origin of the turbulence, a more efficient source of injection of particles, which eventually takes part in the re-acceleration process, is required in mini-halos, and this may result from the central radio galaxy or from proton-proton collisions in the dense cool core regions.
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