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Cen A in the media :

ALMA Turns its Eyes to Centaurus A

2012-05-31: ESO photo release

The secret inside Centaurus A

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Credit: ESO, Y. Beletsky, Digitized Sky Survey 2, and A. Fujii

Watching a Cannibal Galaxy Dine
(ESO Photo Release 44/09 (2009-11-20))

Most recent publications found :

3.3 µm PAH observations of the central kiloparsecs of Centaurus A
Tacconi-Garman, L. E.; Sturm, E.
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 551, id.A139, 9 pp (2013).

The Outer Halo of the Nearest Giant Elliptical: A VLT/VIMOS Survey of the Resolved Stellar Populations in Centaurus A to 85 kpc
Crnojević, D.; Ferguson, A. M. N.; Irwin, M. J.; Bernard, E. J.; Arimoto, N.; Jablonka, P.; Kobayashi, C.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Advance Access. 16 pp. (2013).

Mass entrainment and turbulence-driven acceleration of ultra-high energy cosmic rays in Centaurus A
Wykes, Sarka; Croston, Judith H.; Hardcastle, Martin J.; Eilek, Jean A.; Biermann, Peter L.; Achterberg, Abraham; Bray, Justin D.; Bicknell, Geoffrey V.; Lazarian, Alex; Haverkorn, Marijke; Protheroe, Ray J.; Bromberg, Omer
arXiv:1305.2761 [astro-ph.HE] (2013).

The Outer Shells of Centaurus A (Astronomy Picture of the Day 2012-07-01)