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100 1 $aMelia, Fulvio.
245 14 $aThe edge of infinity$h[electronic resource] :$bsupermassive black holes in the universe /$cFulvio Melia.
260 $aCambridge ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2003.
300 $a1 online resource (ix, 148 p.) :$bill. (some col.)
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [134]-141) and index.
505 0 $a1. The most powerful objects in the universe -- 1.1. Beacons at the edge of reality -- 1.2. The host galaxies of quasars -- 1.3. The active nuclei of "normal" galaxies -- 2. Weighing supermassive objects -- 2.1. Accretion of plasma -- 2.2. Deciphering the signal from the infalling gas -- 2.3. The center of our galaxy -- 3. The black hole spacetime -- 3.1. The inexorable force of gravity -- 3.2. Unseen dimensions -- 3.3. Matter's futile resistance to total collapse -- 3.4. The black hole spacetime -- 3.5. Rotating black holes -- 4. Formation of supermassive black holes -- 4.1. Primordial seeds -- 4.2. Galaxy types -- 4.3. The supermassive black hole census -- 4.4. Galaxy collisions -- 4.5. Collision of Andromeda with the Milky Way -- 4.6. Middleweight black holes -- 5. Relativistic ejection of plasma -- 5.1. Imaging supermassive black holes -- 5.2. Jets from supermassive black holes -- 5.3. Faster than light motion -- 6. Supermassive black holes in the universe -- 6.1. The Hubble Deep Field -- 6.2. The Chandra Deep Filed -- 6.3. The universe aglow -- 6.4. Future directions -- 6.5. Is the universe itself a big black hole? -- 6.6. Ultimate fate.
520 $aAnswers to some of the most intriguing questions now being asked about black holes.
588 $aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 $aBlack holes (Astronomy)
650 6 $aTrous noirs (Astronomie)
730 0 $aCambridge books online.
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