Abstract
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AGNs radiate predominantly by non-thermal processes.
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Basic properties of AGNs in general.
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Preview of the unified model for AGNs - super-massive black holes and accretion disks.
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Types of AGNs and their inter-relationships.
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Review of the properties and behaviors of the principal types of AGNs: Seyfert galaxies Low-Iomzation Nuclear Emission-line Region galaxies Quasi-Stellar Objects and quasars Blazars Double-lobed radio galaxies.
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Boxes Non-thermal radiation (line emission and masers, free—free radiation, synchrotron radiation, inverse Compton scattering) Galaxy searches and surveys Polarization Light size Reverberation mapping Error boxes and identifi cations Halton Arp and non-cosmological redshifts.
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(2007). Active Galaxies. In: Galaxies in Turmoil. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-671-1_3
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