What is the source of the power of an Active galactic nucleus or Quasar? We look at the Supermassive black holes that create these amazing objects.
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Supermassive black hole: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superma...
NGC 4261: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4261
Centaurus A: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur...
Centaurus A: A New Look at an Old Friend: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2014...
Messier 87: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_87
Full spectrum of 3C273: isdc.unige.ch/3c273/
Arp 299: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arp_299
NuSTAR and Arp 299: www.nustar.caltech.edu/news/n...
M-sigma relation: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-sigma...
The 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ): www.2dfquasar.org/qso_surv.html
0:00 Introduction
0:57 What powers AGNs?
1:32 The Black Hole Paradigm
5:37 Models of Active Galactic Nuclei
6:16 Core of Galaxy NGC 4261 Hubble Space Telescope
8:27 The Central Engine of an Active Galaxy
10:42 Gas Disk in Nucleus of Active Galaxy M87
19:02 X-Rays from Braking Radiation
23:39 How do supermassive black holes form?
24:47 How are supermassive black holes fueled?
25:18 Black holes in Colliding Galaxies Arp 299
26:49 Do most galaxies have supermassive black holes?
27:37 Black Holes in Galaxies
34:08 Black Holes and Galaxy Evolution