Growing Black Holes: Accretion in a Cosmological Context
Subtitle: Proceedings of the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference Held at Garching, Germany, 21-25 June 2004 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)
Contributors: Andrea Merloni (Editor); Sergei Nayakshin (Editor); Rashid A. Sunyaev (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 22, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9783540252757
Subjects: Astronomy, Space & Time; Mathematics and Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; Astronomy - General; Accretion; Active Galactic Nuclei; Gravitational Waves; Jets; Science / Astronomy; Structure Formation; Supermassive Black Holes
First sentence: The strong link observed between the masses of supermassive black holes (MBHs) at the center of most galaxies and the gravitational potential wells that host them suggests a fundamental mechanism for assembling black holes and forming spheroids in galaxy halos.