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What Quasars Tell Us about Galactic Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Martin J Rees
Martin J Rees*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHA

Abstract

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Quasars offer three types of clue to galactic evolution. (i) The formation of massive black holes in the centres of young galaxies; (ii) Clues to subgalactic structure from quasar absorption spectra; (iii) Implications for redshifts higher than 5. These are briefly summarised in this text.

Type
Galaxies in Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 171: New Light on Galaxy Evolution , 1996 , pp. 303 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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