The topology of the magnetic field in Abell 2255 out to its virial radius. Results from the LOFAR Galaxy Cluster Ultra-Deep Field

arXiv:2607.14209 · astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE · Submitted 2026-07-15 · Read on arXiv

A. Botteon, R. J. van Weeren, Y. Hu, F. Vazza, G. Brunetti, K. Rajpurohit, A. Lazarian, T. W. Shimwell, E. De Rubeis, M. Balboni, A. Bonafede, R. Cassano, G. Di Gennaro, F. Gastaldello, M. J. Hardcastle, A. Ignesti, H. J. A. Röttgering

astro-ph.CO, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.HE

Submitted: 2026-07-15

Comments: 15 pages, 10 figures + Appendix. Accepted for publication in A&A

Code: https://github.com/lofar-astron/prefactor

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

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