Fifty Years of Quasars From Early Observations and Ideas to Future Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: D'Onofrio, Mauro (Editor), Marziani, Paola (Editor), Sulentic, Jack W. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 386
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

The 50th anniversary of the discovery of quasars in 1963 presents an interesting opportunity to ask questions about the current state of quasar research. Formatted as a series of interviews with noted researchers in the field, each of them asked to address a specific set of questions covering topics...

Table of Contents:

• An introduction to fifty years of research on quasars
• Quasars in the life of astronomers
• Quasars: the observational perspectives
• Quasars classes and their relationships
• From observations to physical parameters
• Models of quasars
• Quasars in the Cosmic Environment
• The future of quasar studies
• Fifty years of quasars: current impressions and future perspectives.