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ISBN Number: 9780792350606
Editor: Sofue, Yoshiaki
Author: International Astronomical Union
Editor: Sofue, Yoshiaki
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Subject: Physics
Subject: Astrophysics & Space Science
Subject: Astronomy
Subject: Astronomy, Universe
Subject: Stars
Subject: Black holes (astronomy)
Subject: Astronomy, General
Copyright: 1998
Series: International Astronomical Union Symposia
Series Volume: 184
Publication Date: August 1998
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Illustrations: Y
Number of Pages: 544
Book Size: 921x614x119 206
Advanced technologies in astronomy at various wavelengths have provided us with high-resolution and high-quality data of the central regions of nearby galaxies and of the Milky Way Galaxy. These data, both for the Galaxy and extragalactic centers, are now quite suitable for detailed comparative study. This IAU symposium was aimed at understanding the general characteristics of dynamics, ISM physics and magnetic fields, activities including inflow and outflow, as well as starburst, in the `galactic centers'. Special attention was also given to several cases for massive black holes in galaxies and the Galaxy, and to understanding the physics of nuclei associated with black holes.
Book News Annotation:
Proceedings of the August 1997 symposium. One hundred and ninety-
four contributions present comparative studies on the data of the
Milky Way and central regions of nearby galaxies. Included is
information on galactic bulges, galactic center star clusters, star
formation, starbursts, neutral ISM in the galactic center, molecular
gas in the nuclei of galaxies, gas dynamics in the galactic center,
the central parsecs of the milky way, magnetic and high-energy
phenomena, black holes in galaxies, black hole in the galactic
center, and black hole powering of AGN and jets. A sampling of
topics: diffraction-limited IR speckle masking observations of the
central regions of Seyfert galaxies, the stellar content of the
Quintuplet cluster, and the structural characteristics of spiral
bulges.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
