Ionized accretion discs around black holes
Many galaxies in the Universe show evidence of a supermassive black hole at their dynamical centre. About 10-20% of these galaxies also contain an extremely bright, point-like continuum source in their nuclear region. These luminous objects are called active galactic nuclei (AGN), and are thought to...
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University of Cambridge
2002
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.596325 |