VLA Polarimetry Observations of PKS 2322-123; Estimating Magnetic Fields in the Abell 2597 Cluster
We present 5, 8, and 15 GHz total intensity and polarimetric observations of the radio source PKS 2322-123 taken with the Very Large Array (VLA). This small (11 kpc) source is located at the center of the cooling-core cluster Abell 2597. The inner X-ray structure, the radio morphology, and the steep spectral index ({alpha} = -1.8) in the lobes, all suggest that the radio emission is confined by the ambient X-ray gas. We detect a small region of polarized flux in the southern lobe and are able to calculate a Faraday rotation measure (RM) of 3620 rad m{sup -2} over this region. Based on these observations and Chandra X-ray data we suggest that the southern lobe has been deflected from its original southwestern orientation to the south and into our line-of-sight. Using the observed RMs and our calculated electron density profiles, and assuming both a uniform and tangled magnetic field topology, we estimate a lower limit of the line-of-sight cluster magnetic field, B{parallel} = 2.1 {micro}G.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 839896
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-10975; TRN: US200516%%329
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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