Demographics of supermassive black holes

Supermassive black holes are a fundamental component of the universe in general and of galaxies in particular. Almost every massive galaxy harbours a supermassive black hole (SMBH) in its center. Furthermore, there is a close connection between the growth of the SMBH and the evolution of its host ga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schulze, Andreas
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universität Potsdam 2011
Subjects:
AGN
Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-54464
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2011/5446/