Dynamics and evolution of galactic nuclei / David Merritt.
| Author/creator | Merritt, David author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013] |
| Description | xi, 551 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Princeton series in astrophysics Princeton series in astrophysics. ^A241149 |
| Contents | Introduction and historical overview -- Observations of galactic nuclei and supermassive black holes -- Collisionless equilibria -- Motion near supermassive black holes -- Theory of gravitational encounters -- Loss-cone dynamics -- Collisional evolution of nuclei -- Binary and multiple supermassive black holes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [493]-534) and index. |
| ISBN | 069112101X |
| ISBN | 9780691121017 |
| ISBN | 9780691158600 |
| ISBN | 0691158606 |