M 87 at metre wavelengths: The LOFAR picture

Context.M 87 is a giant elliptical galaxy located in the centre of the Virgo cluster, which harbours a supermassive black hole of mass 6.4 × 109 M·, whose activity is responsible for the extended (80 kpc) radio lobes that surround the galaxy. The energy generated by matter falling onto the central b...

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Main Authors: De Gasperin, F., Orrú, E., Murgia, M., Merloni, A., Falcke, H., Beck, R., Beswick, R., Bîrzan, L., Bonafede, A., Brüggen, M., Brunetti, G., Chyz°y, 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., Rafferty, D., Röttgering, H., Shulevski, A., Steinmetz, M., Tasse, C., Van Der Tol, S., Van Driel, W., Van Weeren, R., Van Zwieten, J., Alexov, A., Anderson, J., Asgekar, A., Avruch, M., Bell, M., Bentum, M., Bernardi, G., Best, P., Breitling, F., Broderick, J., Butcher, A., Ciardi, B., Dettmar, R., Eisloeffel, J., Frieswijk, W., Gankema, H., Garrett, M., Gerbers, M., Griessmeier, J., Gunst, A., Hassall, T., Hessels, J., Hoeft, M., Horneffer, A., Karastergiou, A., Köhler, J., Koopman, Y., Kuniyoshi, M., Kuper, G., Maat, P., Mann, G., Mevius, M., Mulcahy, D., Munk, H., Nijboer, R., Noordam, J., Paas, H., Pandey, M., Pandey, V., Polatidis, A., Reich, W., Schoenmakers, A., Sluman, J., Smirnov, O., Sobey, Charlotte, Stappers, B., Swinbank, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: EDP Sciences 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/62975