The Radio Galaxy Messier 87

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.

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Hermann-Josef Röser ist Privatdozent am Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg. Neben aktiver Forschung hält er Einführungsvorlesungen und -seminare. Dadurch Er war bis zu seiner Emeritierung Professor für Astronomie an der Universität Göttingen.

Inhalt
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.