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diff --git a/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py b/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py index cd6b9bc..5b600c1 100644 --- a/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py +++ b/fg21sim/extragalactic/clusters/halo.py @@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ # MIT license """ -Simulate (giant) radio halo originating from the last/recent -cluster-cluster major merger event, following the "statistical -magneto-turbulent model" proposed by [cassano2005]_, but with many -modifications and simplifications. +Simulate (giant) radio halos originating from the recent merger +events, which generate cluster-wide turbulence and accelerate the +primary (i.e., fossil) relativistic electrons to high energies to +be synchrotron-bright. This *turbulence re-acceleration* model +is currently most widely accepted to explain the (giant) radio halos. + +The simulation method is somewhat based on the statistical (Monte +Carlo) method proposed by [cassano2005]_, but with extensive +modifications and improvements. References ---------- @@ -13,10 +18,6 @@ References Brunetti & Lazarian 2011, MNRAS, 410, 127 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011MNRAS.410..127B -.. [brunetti2016] - Brunetti 2016, PPCF, 58, 014011 - http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016PPCF...58a4011B - .. [cassano2005] Cassano & Brunetti 2005, MNRAS, 357, 1313 http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005MNRAS.357.1313C @@ -74,8 +75,8 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__) class RadioHalo: """ - Simulate the extended radio halo emission from the galaxy cluster - experiencing on-going/recent merger. + Simulate the diffuse (giant) radio halo emission for a galaxy + cluster experiencing on-going/recent merger. Description ----------- |