Evolution of buoyant bubbles in M87
The morphology of the X-ray and radio-emitting features in the central ~50 kpc region around the galaxy M87 strongly suggests that buoyant bubbles of cosmic rays (inflated by an earlier nuclear active phase of the galaxy) rise through the cooling gas at roughly half the sound speed. In the absence o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2001-06-10.
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