The Radio Galaxy Messier 87: Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, 15–19 September 1997

Introducing M 87....Pages 1-8
The virgo cluster — home of M 87....Pages 9-30
M 87 as a galaxy....Pages 31-42
M 87 as a younger progenitor galaxy in the virgo cluster....Pages 43-49
The surface brightness fluctuations and globular cluster populations of M87 and its companions....Pages 50-55
The large-scale structure of virgo A....Pages 56-65
Spectral analysis of the large-scale radio emission of M 87....Pages 66-71
The structure of the radio halo....Pages 72-76
The outer radio halo: Typical of atypical radio sources?....Pages 77-82
The intracluster medium in the X-ray halo of M 87....Pages 83-92
ASCA observation of M 87....Pages 93-99
The large scale X-ray emission from M 87....Pages 100-105
Cluster turbulence....Pages 106-115
M 87 and cooling flows....Pages 116-129
The inner lobes of M 87....Pages 130-135
Magnetic fields and turbulence in the center of M 87....Pages 136-141
Extended emission-line gas in M 87....Pages 142-158
Radio observations of the M 87 jet....Pages 159-185
VLA 7mm images of the M 87 jet....Pages 186-187
High-frequency observations and spectrum of the jet in M 87....Pages 188-209
HST observations of the M 87 jet....Pages 210-228
The synchrotron emission from the M87 jet....Pages 229-234
Theory of the M 87 jet....Pages 235-245
Kelvin-helmholtz instabilities and particle acceleration in jets....Pages 246-251
On disks and jet(s) in the defunct quasar M 87....Pages 252-270
Motion and structure of relativistic jets....Pages 271-277
The nuclear disk in M 87: A review....Pages 278-290
The supermassive black hole of M 87 and the kinematics of its associated gaseous disk....Pages 291-300
Morphology of the nuclear disk in M 87....Pages 301-306
The nuclear spectrum of M 87....Pages 307-312
The inner accretion disk in M 87....Pages 313-318
X-ray variability in M 87: 1992 – 1998....Pages 319-323
Closing comments....Pages 324-332