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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Central Activity in Galaxies
Author: Central Activity in Galaxies
Author: Aage SandqvistPublisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This outstanding collection of surveys addresses graduate and predoctoral students. It reports on theoretical research and observational data on active galactic nuclei: The enigma of the nuclei of galaxies with their central "monster" driving the vast range of activity observed in quasars, radio galaxies, Seyferts, starburst galaxies and even our own Galaxy are explored in this volume. Topics covered include: the impact of recent measurements in the infrared and radio region on our knowledge of thenucleus of our Galaxy; the spectra and classification of active galactic nuclei, the properties of their host galaxies, their cosmological distribution and evolution, the role of stars and thehydrodynamics of the interstellar medium in the nuclei; the description of the inner parsec of a standard active galactic nucleus based on direct interpretation of the observations; the infrared activity of galaxies; the physics of radio galaxies and their jets, emphasizing the physics ofgas flow and high-energy particle interactions as well as shock acceleration. These are all discussed in considerable depth and presented inself-contained chapters with exhaustive reference lists of the scientific literature.
Mass-Transfer Induced Activity in Galaxies
Author: Isaac ShlosmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521543309
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
How gas flows and starbursts light up active galaxies.
Activity in the Central Parts of Interacting Galaxies
Author: Lennart JohansenPublisher:
ISBN: 9789155420062
Category : Active galaxies
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies
Author: Susanne PfalznerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642189024
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 665
Book Description
The Cologne-Bonn-Zermatt symposium is a well established series of conferences, occurring on a 5-year cycle, on the dense interstellar medium and related topics. The main results constitute valuable proceedings that offer everyone working in this field an authoritative and comprehensive source of reference.
The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies
Author: International Astronomical Union. SymposiumPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780792350606
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Proceedings of the August 1997 symposium. One hundred and ninety- four contributions present comparative studies on the data of the Milky Way and central regions of nearby galaxies. Included is information on galactic bulges, galactic center star clusters, star formation, starbursts, neutral ISM in the galactic center, molecular gas in the nuclei of galaxies, gas dynamics in the galactic center, the central parsecs of the milky way, magnetic and high-energy phenomena, black holes in galaxies, black hole in the galactic center, and black hole powering of AGN and jets. A sampling of topics: diffraction-limited IR speckle masking observations of the central regions of Seyfert galaxies, the stellar content of the Quintuplet cluster, and the structural characteristics of spiral bulges. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Galaxy Interactions at Low and High Redshift
Author: J.E. BarnesPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401146659
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
These proceedings offer professional astronomers an overview of the rapidly advancing subject of galaxy interactions at low and high redshifts. The symposium gave participants an exciting glimpse of a developing synthesis highlighting galactic encounters and their role in the history of the Universe.
Star Formation in Galaxies
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Category : Astrophysics
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics
Author: Bradley W. CarrollPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108390242
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1361
Book Description
An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is a comprehensive, well-organized and engaging text covering every major area of modern astrophysics, from the solar system and stellar astronomy to galactic and extragalactic astrophysics, and cosmology. Designed to provide students with a working knowledge of modern astrophysics, this textbook is suitable for astronomy and physics majors who have had a first-year introductory physics course with calculus. Featuring a brief summary of the main scientific discoveries that have led to our current understanding of the universe; worked examples to facilitate the understanding of the concepts presented in the book; end-of-chapter problems to practice the skills acquired; and computational exercises to numerically model astronomical systems, the second edition of An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics is the go-to textbook for learning the core astrophysics curriculum as well as the many advances in the field.
Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies: Volume 1, Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series
Author: Luis C. HoPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521824491
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
This book was originally published in 2004. Black holes are among the most mysterious objects in the Universe. Weighing up to several billion Suns, massive black holes have long been suspected to be the central powerhouses of energetic phenomena such as quasars. Advances in astronomy have not only provided spectacular proof of this long-standing paradigm, but have revealed the unexpected result that far from being rare, exotic beasts, they inhabit the center of virtually all large galaxies. Candidate black holes have been identified in increasingly large numbers of galaxies, both inactive and active, to the point where statistical studies are possible. Fresh work has highlighted the close connection between the formation, growth, and evolution of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies. This volume contains the invited lectures from an international symposium that was held to explore this exciting theme, and is a valuable review for professional astronomers and graduate students.
