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Coevolution of Black Holes and Galaxies

Editat de Luis C. Ho
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mar 2010
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521141567
ISBN-10: 0521141567
Pagini: 500
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. The stellar-dynamical search for supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei John Kormendy; 2. Black holes in active galaxies Aaron J. Barth; 3. Intermediate-mass black holes in the universe: a review of formation theories and observational constraints Roeland P. Van den Marel; 4. The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Andrea M. Ghez; 5. The first nonlinear structures and the reionization history of the universe Zoltan Haiman; 6. Adiabatic growth of massive black holes Steinn Sigurdsson; 7. Formation of supermassive black holes: simulations in general relativity Stuart L. Shapiro; 8. Gas-dynamical processes in dense nuclei Cathie J. Clarke; 9. Formation of massive black holes in dense star clusters Frederic A. Rasio, Marc Freitag and M. Atakan Gürkan; 10. Accretion onto black holes Roger D. Blandford; 11. QSO lifetimes Paul Martini; 12. Fueling gas to the central region of galaxies Keiichi Wada; 13. The AGN-disk dynamics connection J. A. Sellwood and Juntai Shen; 14. Black holes and the central structure of early-type galaxies Tod R. Lauer; 15. The inner properties of late-type galaxies C. Marcella Carollo; 16. Influence of black holes on stellar orbits Karl Gebhardt; 17. Single and binary black holes and their influence on nuclear structure David Merritt; 18. Supermassive black holes: demographics and implications Douglas Richstone; 19. Black hole demography from nearby active galactic nuclei Luis C. Ho; 20. The evolution of quasars Patrick S. Osmer; 21. Quasar hosts and the black hole-spheroid connection James S. Dunlop; 22. Star formation in active galaxies Timothy M. Heckman; 23. AGN feedback mechanism Mitchell C. Begelman; 24. Pieces of the galaxy formation puzzle: where do black holes fit in? Rachel S. Somerville; 25. Joint formation of supermassive black holes and galaxies Martin G. Haehnelt; 26. The formation of spheroidal stellar systems Andreas Burkert and Thorsten Naab; 27. Massive black holes, gravitational waves and pulsars Donald C. Backer, Andrew H. Jaffe and Andrea N. Lommen; 28. Obscured active galactic nuclei and obscured accretion Andrew C. Fabian; 29. Conference summary P. Tim de Zeeuw.

Recenzii

Review of the hardback: 'Anyone seriously considering research in this field would do well to make this their starting point, while those like me, who work in neighbouring ones, will certainly benefit from dipping into it. Go and ask your library to order one. Better still, ask them to order all four volumes!' The Observatory

Descriere

Collection of papers exploring black holes and related phenomena.