02745nam 2200529Ia 450 991096534690332120250109220417.09783527666805352766680X9783527666829352766682697835276668123527666818(CKB)24989769400041(OCoLC)810936352(MiAaPQ)EBC1204748(MiAaPQ)EBC7104666(Au-PeEL)EBL1204748(CaPaEBR)ebr10716721(CaONFJC)MIL507211(Perlego)1000706(EXLCZ)992498976940004120120924d2012 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierActive galactic nuclei /Volker Beckmann and Chris ShraderWeinheim Wiley-VCH ;Chichester John Wiley [distributor]2012xxx, 351 p. illIncludes bibliographical references and index.Active Galactic Nuclei This AGN textbook gives an overview on the current knowledge of the Active Galacitc Nuclei phenomenon. The spectral energy distribution will be discussed, pointing out what can be observed in different wavebands. The different physical models are presented together with formula important for the understanding of AGN physics. Furthermore, the authors discuss the AGN with respect to its environment, host galaxy, feedback in galaxies and in clusters of galaxies, variability, etc. and finally the cosmological evolution of the AGN phenomenon. This book includes phenomena based on new results in the X-Ray and gamma-ray domain from new telescopes such as Chandra, XMM-Newton, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, and the VHE regime not mentioned so far in AGN books. Those and other new developments as well as simulations of AGN merging events and formations, enabled through latest super-computing capabilities. From the contents: * The observational picture of AGN * Radiative processes * The central engine * AGN types and unification * AGN through the electromagnetic spectrum * AGN variability * Environment * Quasars and cosmology * Formation, evolution and the ultimate fate of AGN * What we do not know (yet)Active galactic nucleiGalaxiesActive galactic nuclei.Galaxies.523.112Beckmann Volker1957-1814621Shrader Chris R.1955-1814622MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910965346903321Active galactic nuclei4368633UNINA