Active Galactic Nuclei:
From the Central Black Hole to the Galactic Environment
Julian H. Krolik

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	Preface
	Guide for Readers
1	What Are Active Galactic Nuclei? And Why Does Anyone Care?	3
2	How to Find AGNs	22
3	Evolution	42
4	Global Energetics and Black Holes	68
5	Black Hole Physics	90
6	Spherical Accretion	120
7	Accretion Disks and the Optical/Ultraviolet Continuum	135
8	X-ray and [gamma]-ray Emission	196
9	Radio Emission and Jets	256
10	Emission Lines	309
11	Intrinsic Absorption and Outflows	399
12	Anisotropic Appearance and Unification of Disparate AGN Varieties	424
13	Properties of AGN Host Galaxies	464
14	Onset and Fueling	494
15	Where We Stand	530
App. A	Basic General Relativity	533
App. B	Basic Magnetohydrodynamics	537
App. C	Shocks and Other Discontinuities	542
App. D	Luminosity Functions and Other Population Statistics	552
App. E	The Tensor Viral Theorem	559
App. F	Kinematics in an Expanding Universe	566
	References	573
	Index	589

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