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100	1		_aMelia, Fulvio, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe edge of infinity : _bsupermassive black holes in the universe / _cFulvio Melia.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2003.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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			_aIn the past, they were recognized as the most destructive force in nature. Now, following a cascade of astonishing discoveries, supermassive black holes have undergone a dramatic shift in paradigm. Astronomers are finding out that these objects may have been critical to the formation of structure in the early universe, spawning bursts of star formation, planets, and even life itself. They may have contributed as much as half of all the radiation produced after the Big Bang, and as many as 200 million of them may now be lurking through the vast expanses of the observable cosmos. In this elegant, non-technical account, Melia conveys for the general reader the excitement generated by the quest to expose what these giant distortions in the fabric of space and time have to say about our origin and ultimate destiny.
650		0	_aBlack holes (Astronomy)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521814058
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511536366
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