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Part of the book series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia (ESO)
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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 observational results on the following topics:
- formation and growth of the first black holes in the Universe and their role in the formation and evolution of galaxies
- the physics of black-hole accretion and the production of relativistic jets
- binary black-hole mergers and gravitational radiation.
Theoretical work is supplemented by the most recent exciting results from space and ground based observatories.
This volume is useful research and reference tool for the entire astrophysical community.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference Held at Garching, Germany, 21-25 June 2004
Editors: Andrea Merloni, Sergei Nayakshin, Rashid A. Sunyaev
Series Title: ESO Astrophysics Symposia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b106964
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-25275-7Published: 25 April 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06447-0Published: 11 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31639-8Published: 04 January 2006
Series ISSN: 1431-2433
Series E-ISSN: 1611-6143
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 506