Getting the Most from Your GPST Years - Hardcover

Lucy Blunt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521848032 ISBN 13: 9780521848039

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2005

Synopsis

How massive are the largest and smallest nuclear black holes in galaxies? Why are the masses of nuclear black holes proportional to those of their host galaxy bulges? How is nuclear activity triggered? What are the observational signatures of such processes? What are the connections between the active nucleus, stars and interstellar medium in galaxies? Answers to these questions are addressed in this book, which presents a compilation of 191 works covering recent observations from X-rays to radio wavelengths, as well as theoretical modeling of accretion disks, stellar populations and galaxy and black hole evolution. This volume presents the nuclear activity as a phase in the life of a galaxy, which is intimately connected to the evolution of its stars and interstellar medium. It brings together recent developments in topics covering most aspects of galaxy evolution, and is a valuable resource for astronomers and graduate students working in extragalactic astronomy.

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Book Description:

This volume presents nuclear activity as a phase in the life of a galaxy, intimately connected to the evolution of its stars and interstellar medium. It brings together recent developments covering most aspects of galaxy evolution, and is a valuable resource for astronomers and graduate students working in extragalactic astronomy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0521848032
• ISBN 13: 9780521848039
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 600