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Black Holes for Computational Astrophysicists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Douglas Richstone*
Affiliation:
Astronomy Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

Abstract

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Supermassive black holes are a ubiquitous feature of galaxy centers. Understanding the problems posed by their formation and co-evolution with their host galaxies is fertile ground for an astrophysicist with a computer.

Type
Galactic Nuclei
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2003 

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