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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451073403321

Autore

Eckart Andreas

Titolo

The black hole at the center of the Milky Way [[electronic resource] /] / Andreas Eckart, Rainer Schòˆdel, Christian Straubmeier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press

Hackensack, NJ, : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2005

ISBN

1-281-86704-7

9786611867041

1-86094-739-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchòˆdelRainer <1971->

StraubmeierChristian Michael <1970->

Disciplina

523.8/875

Soggetti

Black holes (Astronomy)

Electronic books.

Milky Way

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-271) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 1. Observational Techniques; 2. Observational Results; 3. Astrophysical Results; Appendix A Color Versions of Selected Figures; Appendix B Table of Individual Sources; Appendix C Useful Quantities; Appendix D Table of Abbreviations; Bibliogruphy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reviewing the fundamental instrumental techniques and current observational results, this book unveils the mysteries of the physical processes in the central parsec of our Milky Way: the super-massive black hole embedded in a central stellar cluster as well as the gas and dust in the circumnuclear region. The observations described cover the entire electromagnetic spectrum from decimeter radio-waves to high energy X-ray and ?-rays, and a comprehensive summary of up-to-date astrophysical interpretations is given. The emphasis is put on observational techniques, image processing aspects, and a d