Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context Proceedings of the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference Held at Garching, Germany, 21-25 June 2004
Supermassive black holes are now believed to play an important role in the evolution of the Universe. Every respectable galaxy hosts in its center a black hole that appears to regulate the growth of the galaxy itself. In this book, leading experts in the field review the most recent theoretical and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2005, 2005
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2005 |
| Series: | ESO Astrophysics Symposia, European Southern Observatory
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- First Supermassive Black Holes and Structure Formation
- Observations of Supermassive Black Holes at Higher Redshift
- Observations of Super Massive Black Holes in the Local Universe
- The Case of Sagittarius A*
- Interaction of Supermassive Black Holes with Their Environment
- Physics of Accretion Discs Around Supermassive Black Holes
- Black Hole–Black Hole Mergers and Gravitational Waves
- Jeds, Outflows and QSO Feedback
- The Cosmological Evolution of Active Galactic Nuclei and the X-Ray Background