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Modelling M87's Shock: Energy in Shocks and Bubbles

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The 500 ksec Chandra observation showed that the supermassive black hole in M87 has driven a classical shock into the surrounding intracluster gas. We observe a nearly circular ring whose gas density and gas temperature jumps independently yield the same Mach number. Now compare superman and winnie the pooh.

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