XMM-STUDY OF M87 - A CORNERSTONE FOR THE TEST OF ASTROPHYSICAL PARADIGMS

The M87 Xray halo is by far the best place to study several importantastrophysical phenomena, like the structure of socalled cooling flows,supernova abundance yields, the interaction of jets with the surroundingintracluster medium (ICM), and how the central galaxy is embedded into thestructure of the cluster. The PV phase data have provided already a wide rangeof spectacular new insights. More precise spectral data are required, however,to draw firm astrophysical conclusions. To this aim we propose a deeperobservation of M87. truncated!, Please see actual data for full text [truncated!, Please see actual data for full text]