The formation and evolution of massive black holes

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6094, 2012, Pages 544-547

  Volonteri, M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SPACE TECHNOLOGY;

ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84864744516     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1220843     Document Type: Review

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