A radio continuum view of Stephan's Quintet: age, dynamics and origin of the shock

arXiv:2608.26461 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-08-26 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-08-26

Updated: 2026-08-26

Code: https://github.com/mhardcastle/pysynch

Terminology

• Calibration — 14× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• AGN — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 7× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Cosmic Microwave Background — 1× in this paper
• Hubble Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Initial Data — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Source Peeling and Atmospheric Modeling — 1× in this paper
• Star Formation Rate (SFR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• Inverse Compton X-rays from strong FRII radio-galaxies
• Exploring the spectral properties of radio relics I: Integrated spectral index and Mach number

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