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After having studied this lecture, you should be able to
- describe observational properties of AGN.
- describe briefly the current paradigm for energy generation in
AGN (mass accretion through a disk onto a SMBH)
- describe three arguments that suggest the presence of SMBHs in
galaxies.
Tom Theuns
2003-04-28