The edge of infinity: supermassive black holes in the universe
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1. Verfasser: Melia, Fulvio 1956- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [134]-141) and index
1. The most powerful objects in the universe -- 1.1. Beacons at the edge of reality -- 1.2. The host galaxies of quasars -- 1.3. The active nuclei of "normal" galaxies -- 2. Weighing supermassive objects -- 2.1. Accretion of plasma -- 2.2. Deciphering the signal from the infalling gas -- 2.3. The center of our galaxy -- 3. The black hole spacetime -- 3.1. The inexorable force of gravity -- 3.2. Unseen dimensions -- 3.3. Matter's futile resistance to total collapse -- 3.4. The black hole spacetime -- 3.5. Rotating black holes -- 4. Formation of supermassive black holes -- 4.1. Primordial seeds -- 4.2. Galaxy types -- 4.3. The supermassive black hole census -- 4.4. Galaxy collisions -- 4.5. Collision of Andromeda with the Milky Way -- 4.6. Middleweight black holes -- 5. Relativistic ejection of plasma -- 5.1. Imaging supermassive black holes -- 5.2. Jets from supermassive black holes -- 5.3. Faster than light motion -- 6. Supermassive black holes in the universe -- 6.1. The Hubble Deep Field -- 6.2. The Chandra Deep Filed -- 6.3. The universe aglow -- 6.4. Future directions -- 6.5. Is the universe itself a big black hole? -- 6.6. Ultimate fate
Answers to some of the most intriguing questions now being asked about black holes
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 148 p.)
ISBN:0511337205
0511338309
0521814057
9780511337208
9780511338304

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