M87 at metre wavelengths: the LOFAR picture

M87 is a giant elliptical galaxy located in the centre of the Virgo cluster, which harbours a supermassive black hole of mass 6.4x10^9 M_sun, whose activity is responsible for the extended (80 kpc) radio lobes that surround the galaxy. The energy generated by matter falling onto the central black ho...

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Hlavní autoři: Gasperin, F, Orru', E, Murgia, M, Merloni, A, Falcke, H, Beck, R, Beswick, R, Birzan, L, Bonafede, A, Bruggen, M, Brunetti, G, Chyzy, K, Conway, J, Croston, J, Ensslin, T, Ferrari, C, Heald, G, Heidenreich, S, Jackson, N, Macario, G, McKean, J, Miley, G, Morganti, R, Offringa, A, Pizzo, R
Médium: Journal article
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: 2012