This volume summarizes recent developments in our understanding of active galactic nuclei, including quasars, seyfert galaxies and radio galaxies. The predominant emphasis is put on observational results with information from essentially all wave bands, but important theoretical results are also presented. Among the contributions are discussions of the different types of active galaxies, the nature of the central engine, the wiggly structure of radio jets, the dynamics of the gas in jets, the study of millimeter and extreme ultraviolet regions, and a discussion of the observed continuum of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The intended readers are professional astronomers and astrophysicists as well as graduate students in this field of research.

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Book Title: Active Galactic Nuclei
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia October 28–30, 1987
Editors: H. Richard Miller, Paul J. Wiita
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-19492-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1988
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-13685-0Published: 23 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-39304-7Published: 07 July 2005
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 440
Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy, Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory

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