The demography of supermassive black holes: Growing monsters at the heart of galaxies

New Astronomy Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue 4-6, 2009, Pages 57-77

  Shankar, Francesco ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active; Black holes; Galaxies; Quasars; Statistics; Supermassive

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049117903     PISSN: 13876473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

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