QSO Hosts and their Environments
Contributors: Isabel Márquez (Editor); Josefa Masegosa (Editor); Ascensión del Olmo (Editor); Lucas Lara (Editor); Emilio García (Editor); Josefina Molina (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780306466625
Subjects: Astrophysics; Cosmology & the universe; Theoretical methods; Radio Astronomy; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - Universe; Astrophysics & Space Science; Science / Astrophysics & Space Science; Cosmology; Congresses; Radio sources (Astronomy)
First sentence: Studies of the host galaxies of low-redshift quasars are of crucial importance for defining the subset of the present-day galaxy population which is capable of producing quasar-level nuclear activity.