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An Overview of AGN

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Ian Robson
Ian Robson*
Affiliation:
Joint Astronomy Centre, 660 N. A'ohoku Place, Hilo, HI 96720, USA

Abstract

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This paper gives an overview of the global properties of Active Galactic Nuclei, introducing and putting into context those areas that will be more fully described later in this volume. For the new entrant into AGN research, a semi-historical description of how the field developed is also given; showing how far we have come in a relatively short time. The pioneering work is now done, the big picture of how AGNs work is understood, we now embark on the search for the precise details of the emission mechanisms and their interrelations.

Type
I. Observational Properties of AGN
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 194: Activity in Galaxies and Related Phenomena , 1999 , pp. 3 - 11
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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