Dynamics and Evolution of Galactic Nuclei / / David Merritt.
Deep within galaxies like the Milky Way, astronomers have found a fascinating legacy of Einstein's general theory of relativity: supermassive black holes. Connected to the evolution of the galaxies that contain these black holes, galactic nuclei are the sites of uniquely energetic events, inclu...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Series in Astrophysics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (544 p.) :; 5 halftones. 136 line illus. 6 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
- Chapter 2 OBSERVATIONS OF GALACTIC NUCLEI AND SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
- Chapter 3 COLLISIONLESS EQUILIBRIA
- Chapter 4 MOTION NEAR SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
- Chapter 5 THEORY OF GRAVITATIONAL ENCOUNTERS
- Chapter 6 LOSS-CONE DYNAMICS
- Chapter 7 COLLISIONAL EVOLUTION OF NUCLEI
- Chapter 8 BINARY AND MULTIPLE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLES
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- References
- Index