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This book surveys our current understanding of how galaxies change over time, with emphasis on galaxies with very active nuclei, as well as on quasars. World experts discuss the physical processes fueling black holes in the centres of galaxies and the mechanism of starbursts.

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'The book that has emerged provides an impressively wide-ranging survey of the topics relevant to this central issue and as such is a welcome addition to the astronomical library...Those who specialise in active galactic nuclei or starbursts will be well-served by this book as an overview of the galactic context in which these events take place. However, the range of topics is sufficiently wide that anyone with a general interest in galaxies will also find much of interest.' The Observatory

Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction; Part 2. The inner parsec; Part 3. The circumnuclear region; Part 4. Gas dynamics and star formation in barred and normal galaxies; Part 5. Nuclear gas and large-scale properties of AGN and starburst hosts; Part 6. Host galaxy-AGN-nuclear starburst connection; Part 7. Galaxy interactions and induced activity; Part 8. Gas dynamics in ellipticals; Part 9. AGN and starbursts at large redshifts; Part 10. Summary; Subject index; Object index; Author index.

MassTransfer Induced Activity in Galaxies

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      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 30 October 2003
      ISBN-13 9780521543309
      978-0521543309
      ISBN-10 0521543304
      Also in:
      Galaxies and stars

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book surveys our current understanding of how galaxies change over time, with emphasis on galaxies with very active nuclei, as well as on quasars. World experts discuss the physical processes fueling black holes in the centres of galaxies and the mechanism of starbursts.

      Trade Review

      'The book that has emerged provides an impressively wide-ranging survey of the topics relevant to this central issue and as such is a welcome addition to the astronomical library...Those who specialise in active galactic nuclei or starbursts will be well-served by this book as an overview of the galactic context in which these events take place. However, the range of topics is sufficiently wide that anyone with a general interest in galaxies will also find much of interest.' The Observatory

      Table of Contents

      Part 1. Introduction; Part 2. The inner parsec; Part 3. The circumnuclear region; Part 4. Gas dynamics and star formation in barred and normal galaxies; Part 5. Nuclear gas and large-scale properties of AGN and starburst hosts; Part 6. Host galaxy-AGN-nuclear starburst connection; Part 7. Galaxy interactions and induced activity; Part 8. Gas dynamics in ellipticals; Part 9. AGN and starbursts at large redshifts; Part 10. Summary; Subject index; Object index; Author index.

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