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Chandra and VLA Observations of Supermassive Black Hole Outbursts in M87

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2013

William Forman ,
C. Jones  and
Eugene Churazov
William Forman
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MAUSA email: wrf@cfa.harvard.edu, cjones@cfa.harvard.edu
C. Jones
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MAUSA email: wrf@cfa.harvard.edu, cjones@cfa.harvard.edu
Eugene Churazov
Affiliation:
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching Germany Institute for Space Research, Moscow, Russia email: churazov@MPA-Garching.MPG.DE
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Abstract

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We discuss the effects of supermassive black hole (SMBH) outbursts on the hot atmospheres surrounding the central massive galaxies in groups and clusters, as observed with X-ray and radio observations. We focus on a detailed study of the supermassive black hole in M87 at the center of the Virgo cluster using Chandra and VLA observations. We summarize the outburst history and describe the clearly observed energy input from buoyant bubbles of relativistic plasma produced by the central SMBH, uplifted filaments of X-ray emitting gas, and the Mach 1.2 shock together balance the energy lost as gas radiatively cools.

Keywords

galaxies: clusters: individual (M87)galaxies: activegalaxies: evolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S295: The intriguing life of massive galaxies , August 2012 , pp. 261 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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