The Radio Galaxy Messier 87

Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, 15-19 September 1997
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-3-662-14257-8
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 346 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 552 g

Reihe: Lecture Notes in Physics

This book gives both a comprehensive and detailed account of the current theoretical and observational investigations of the radio galaxy M87 in the Virgo cluster. A number of introductory chapters provide a general overview, which makes the book accessible also to non-specialists in the field.
The remaining chapters are devoted to a detailed treatment of special topics covering all relevant aspects of the galactic structure and jet.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Röser, Hermann-Josef

Meisenheimer, Klaus

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Gravitation
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomie: Allgemeines
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introducing M 87.- The virgo cluster — home of M 87.- M 87 as a galaxy.- M 87 as a younger progenitor galaxy in the virgo cluster.- The surface brightness fluctuations and globular cluster populations of M87 and its companions.- The large-scale structure of virgo A.- Spectral analysis of the large-scale radio emission of M 87.- The structure of the radio halo.- The outer radio halo: Typical of atypical radio sources?.- The intracluster medium in the X-ray halo of M 87.- ASCA observation of M 87.- The large scale X-ray emission from M 87.- Cluster turbulence.- M 87 and cooling flows.- The inner lobes of M 87.- Magnetic fields and turbulence in the center of M 87.- Extended emission-line gas in M 87.- Radio observations of the M 87 jet.- VLA 7mm images of the M 87 jet.- High-frequency observations and spectrum of the jet in M 87.- HST observations of the M 87 jet.- The synchrotron emission from the M87 jet.- Theory of the M 87 jet.- Kelvin-helmholtz instabilities and particle acceleration in jets.- On disks and jet(s) in the defunct quasar M 87.- Motion and structure of relativistic jets.- The nuclear disk in M 87: A review.- The supermassive black hole of M 87 and the kinematics of its associated gaseous disk.- Morphology of the nuclear disk in M 87.- The nuclear spectrum of M 87.- The inner accretion disk in M 87.- X-ray variability in M 87: 1992 – 1998.- Closing comments.