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J06587-5558 -- A Very Unusual Polarised Radio Source

H. Liang, R. D. Ekers, R. W. Hunstead, E. E. Falco, P. Shaver

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0110381

Abstract

We have found a peculiar radio source in the field of one of the hottest known clusters of galaxies 1E0657-56. It is slightly extended, highly polarised (54% at 8.8GHz) and has a very steep spectrum, with alpha ~ -1 at 1.3 GHz, steepening to ~ -1.5 at 8.8GHz (S nualpha). No extragalactic sources are known with such high integrated polarisation, and sources with spectra as steep as this are rare. In this paper, we report the unusual properties of the source J06587-5558 and speculate on its origin and optical identification.

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