The Large Scale X-Ray Emission from M87

Details The Large Scale X-Ray Emission from M87 The Large Scale X-Ray Emission from M87

Jan 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998stin...0057335h&link_type=abstract

Technical Report, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA United States

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

X Rays, Emission Spectra, Asymmetry, Elliptical Galaxies, Virgo Galactic Cluster, Rosat Mission, High Resolution, Images, Maps, Spatial Resolution, Image Processing, Cluster Analysis, Image Analysis, Shock Fronts

Scientific paper

We describe asymmetrical features in a long exposure X-ray map of M87 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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