The Radio Galaxy Messier 87, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999 Proceedings of a Workshop Held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, 15-19 September 1997 Lecture Notes in Physics Series, Vol. 530

This book gives both a comprehensive and detailed account of the current theoretical and observational investigations of the radio galaxy M87 in the Virgo cluster. A number of introductory chapters provide a general overview, which makes the book accessible also to non-specialists in the field.
The remaining chapters are devoted to a detailed treatment of special topics covering all relevant aspects of the galactic structure and jet.

Introducing M 87.- The Virgo Cluster - Home of M 87.- M 87 as a Galaxy.- M 87 as a Younger Progenitor Galaxy in the Virgo Cluster.- The Surface Brightness Fluctuations and Globular Cluster Populations of M 87 and Its Companions.- The Large-Scale Structure of Virgo A.- Spectral Analysis of the Large-Scale Radio Emission of M 87.- The Structure of the Radio Halo.- The Outer Radio Halo: Typical of Atypical Radio Sources?- The Intracluster Medium in the X-Ray Halo of M 87.- ASCA Observation of M 87.- The Large Scale X-Ray Emission from M 87.- Cluster Turbulence.- M 87 and Cooling Flows.- The Inner Lobes of M 87.- Magnetic Fields and Turbulence in the Center of M 87.- Extended Emission-Line Gas in M 87.- Radio Observations of the M 87 Jet.- VLA 7mm Images of the M 87 Jet.- High Frequency Observations and Spectrum of the Jet in M 87.- HST Observations of the M 87 Jet.- The Synchrotron Emission From the M 87 Jet.- Theory of the M 87 Jet.- Kelvin-Helmholtz Instabilities and Particle Acceleration in Jets.- The Jet of the Quasar 3C 273 - For Comparison with the M 87 Jet.- On Disks and Jet(s) in the Defunct Quasar M 87.- Motion and Structure of Relativistic Jets.- The Nuclear Disk in M 87: A Review.- The Supermassive Black Hole of M 87 and the Kinematics of Its Associated Gaseous Disk.- Morphology of the Nuclear Disk in M 87.- The Nuclear Spectrum of M 87.- The Inner Accretion Disk in M 87.- X-Ray Variability in M 87: 1992-1998.- Closing Comments.