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The large scale X-ray emission from M 87

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The Radio Galaxy Messier 87

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 530))

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We describe asymmetrical features in a long exposure X-ray map of M 87 made with the ROSAT High Resolution Imager (HRI). A bright triangular region is marked by a linear ‘spur’ along one edge. The structure of this spur suggests an interpretation of a tangential view of a shock front 18 kpc long. None of the brighter features are spatially coincident with radio or optical structures so we concur with earlier investigators that most of the emission arises from thermal processes.

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  1. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 60 Garden St, 02138, Cambridge, MA, USA

    D. E. Harris

  2. Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr., 21218, Baltimore, MD, USA

    J. A. Biretta

  3. University of New Mexico, 800 Yale Blvd. NE, 87131, Albuquerque, NM, USA

    W. Junor

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  1. D. E. Harris
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Hermann-Josef Röser Klaus Meisenheimer

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Harris, D.E., Biretta, J.A., Junor, W. (1999). The large scale X-ray emission from M 87. In: Röser, HJ., Meisenheimer, K. (eds) The Radio Galaxy Messier 87. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 530. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0106424

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