Constraining magnetic fields in galaxy clusters. Issue Volume 14:Issue A30(2018) (August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bonafede, Annalisa; Stuardi, Chiara; Savini, Federica; Vazza, Franco; Brüggen, Marcus
• Editors: Lago, Maria Teresa
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 14:Issue A30(2018)
• Page Start: 299
• Page End: 302
• Publication Date: 2018-08
• Subjects: Galaxy clusters, -- magnetic field, -- non-thermal phenomena; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921319004459
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: Magnetic fields originate small-scale instabilities in the plasma of the intra-cluster medium, and may have a key role to understand particle acceleration mechanisms. Recent observations at low radio frequencies have revealed that synchrotron emission from galaxy clusters is more various and complicated than previously thought, and new types of radio sources have been observed. In the last decade, big steps forward have been done to constrain the magnetic field properties in clusters thanks to a combined approach of polarisation observations and numerical simulations that aim to reproduce Faraday Rotation measures of sources observed through the intra-cluster medium. In this contribution, I will review the results on magnetic fields reached in the last years, and I will discuss the assumptions that have been done so far in light of new results obtained from cosmological simulations. I will also discuss how the next generation of radio instruments, as the SKA, will help improving our knowledge of the magnetic field in the intra-cluster medium.