THE EVENT HORIZON OF M87

The 6 × 10[superscript 9] M[subscript ⊙] supermassive black hole at the center of the giant elliptical galaxy M87 powers a relativistic jet. Observations at millimeter wavelengths with the Event Horizon Telescope have localized the emission from the base of this jet to angular scales comparable to t...

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Main Authors: Broderick, Avery E., Narayan, Ramesh, Kormendy, John, Perlman, Eric S., Rieke, Marcia J., Doeleman, Sheperd Samuel
Other Authors: Haystack Observatory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98485