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. This book contains papers by some of the most influential astrophysicists working in this exciting field. They not only provide spectacular proof of the long-standing paradigm, but unexpectedly reveal that these objects, far from being rare, inhabit the center of virtually every large galaxy.
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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. Recent advances in astronomy have not only provided spectacular proof of this long-standing paradigm, but have revealed the unexpected result that these objects, far from being rare, exotic beasts, inhabit the center of virtually all large galaxies. This book contains papers by some of the most influential and authoritative astrophysicists working in this exciting field.
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The robustness of stellar-dynamical black hole (BH) mass measurements is illustrated using six galaxies that have results from independent research groups. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Cambridge Univ, San Francisco, Milky Way, New York, Cid Fernandes, Portegies Zwart, Verdoes Kleijn, Monte Carlo, Hubble Space Telescope, Princeton Univ, Galactic Dynamics, Relativistic Astrophysics, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Texas Symposium, Mac Low, Big Bang, Rest Wavelength, Acta Astron, Orion Nebula, References Abel, University of California, Local Group, References Adams, References Agol New!
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The robustness of stellar-dynamical black hole (BH) mass measurements is illustrated using six galaxies that have results from independent research groups. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Carnegie Observatories Astrophysics Series, Cambridge Univ, San Francisco, Milky Way, New York, Cid Fernandes, Portegies Zwart, Verdoes Kleijn, Monte Carlo, Hubble Space Telescope, Princeton Univ, Galactic Dynamics, Relativistic Astrophysics, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Texas Symposium, Mac Low, Big Bang, Rest Wavelength, Acta Astron, Orion Nebula, References Abel, University of California, Local Group, References Adams, References Agol New!
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- Galactic Dynamics (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) by James Binney on 8 pages
- Black Holes / J. Hillis Miller; or, Boustrophedonic Reading (Cultural Memory in the Present) by J. Miller on 5 pages
- Active Galactic Nuclei (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by D.E. Osterbrock on 4 pages
- Active Galactic Nuclei (Princeton Series in Astrophysics) by Julian H. Krolik on page 319, page 370, and page 386
- Galactic Bulges (International Astronomical Union Symposia) by Herwig Dejonghe on page 216, page 244, and page 468
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