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J. Kennea (UCSB), H. Boehringer (MPE), E. Belsole (Sacla), S. Modendi (CNR), R. Mushotzky (GSFC), I. Sakelliou (MSSL), G. Stewart (Leicester University), T. Vestrand (LANL), D. Worrall (Bristol University)
As part of the XMM-Newton Performance Verification phase, observations were made of M87, a giant elliptical galaxy at the center of the Virgo Cluster. These observations include a ~60 ksec observation simultaneously using the reflection grating spectrometer (RGS) to obtain high resolution spectra of the region, and with the EPIC-MOS and PN cameras, to obtain images of the central 30' of the Virgo Cluster. A 50 ksec ultraviolet observation with the Optical Monitor was also taken at the same time as the X-ray observations. We present analysis of M87 and the inner part of the Virgo cluster in X-ray and ultraviolet. These include spectral analysis of emission from cluster gas at center of the Virgo Cluster, including a possible small scale cooling flow and enhanced emission from a large-scale (~8') arc-shaped region of cooler gas centered on M87, possibly caused by interaction between outflows from M87 and the hot cluster gas. High resolution RGS spectra also presented, revealing a wealth of emission lines from the central region. Analysis of the core and jet of M87 are also presented and multi-wavelength comparisons are made utilizing the simultaneous X-ray and UV data from XMM-Newton.
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