The evolution of galactic nuclei

Observations of galaxies showing signatures of recently finished nuclear activity are reviewed, and it is shown that the available evidence supports the hypothesis that nuclear activity in massive galaxies is a recurrent phenomenon. This fact can be rather simply understood on a model in which stell...

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Main Author: Bailey, Mark Edward
Published: University of Edinburgh 1979
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.641201