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Shocks and turbulence generated during large-scale structure formation are predicted to produce large-scale, low surface-brightness synchrotron emission. On the largest scales, this emission is globally correlated with the thermal baryon distribution, and constitutes the ‘synchrotron cosmic-web’. I present the observational prospects and challenges for detecting this faint emission with upcoming SKA pathfinders.
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Brown, S.D. Synchrotron Emission on the Largest Scales: Radio Detection of the Cosmic-Web. J Astrophys Astron 32, 577–584 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-011-9114-4
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