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Active galactic nucleus
Known as:
Active Galactic Nuclei
, Host galaxy
, AGN
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An active galactic nucleus (AGN) is a compact region at the center of a galaxy that has a much higher than normal luminosity over at least some…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
On the 10-micron silicate feature in Active Galactic Nuclei
R. Nikutta
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M. Elitzur
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+4 authors
Caltech
2009
Corpus ID: 118519093
The 10-micron silicate feature observed with Spitzer in active galactic nuclei (AGN) reveals some puzzling behavior. It (1) has…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
X-ray spectral properties of active galactic nuclei in the Chandra
P. Tozzi
,
R. Gilli
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+8 authors
W. Zheng
2006
Corpus ID: 118933603
We present a detailed X-ray spectral analysis of the sources in the 1Ms catalog of the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS) taking…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters Preprint typeset using L ATEX style emulateapj v. 04/21/05 STREAMING MOTIONS TOWARDS THE SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE IN NGC 1097
2006
Corpus ID: 15412016
Review
2006
Review
2006
Relativistic jets : the common physics of AGN, microquasars, and gamma-ray bursts : Ann Arbor, Michigan, 14-17 December 2005
P. Hughes
,
J. Bregman
2006
Corpus ID: 117366629
Highly collimated flows of plasma (jets), with speeds comparable to that of light, are a ubiquitous feature of our Universe. They…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Reactions with fast radioactive beams of neutron-rich nuclei
T. Aumann
2005
Corpus ID: 67772610
Abstract.The neutron dripline has presently been reached only for the lightest nuclei up to the element oxygen. In this region of…
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
O ct 2 00 2 1 The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment . Is Interstellar Extinction Toward the Galactic Center Anomalous ?
2002
Corpus ID: 8444907
Photometry of the Galactic bulge, collected during the OGLE-II microlensing search, indicates high and non-uniform interstellar…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Surface Sol-Gel Synthesis of Ultrathin Semiconductor Films
N. Kovtyukhova
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E. Buzaneva
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C. C. Waraksa
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B. Martin
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T. Mallouk
2000
Corpus ID: 18163482
Ultrathin films of ZnS, Mn-doped ZnS, ZnO, and SiO2 were grown on silicon substrates using surface sol−gel reactions, and the…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Received; accepted Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters
1997
Corpus ID: 5228592
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Preparation of optically active 1,2-diols and α-hydroxy ketones using glycerol dehydrogenase as catalyst: limits to enzyme-catalyzed synthesis due to noncompetitive and mixed inhibition by product.
Linda G. Lee
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G. Whitesides
1986
Corpus ID: 10161378
Glycerol dehydrogenase (GDH, EC 1.1.1.6, from Enterobacter aerogenes or Cellulomonas sp.) catalyzes the interconversion of…
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Review
1986
Review
1986
Transition metal NMR spectroscopy—a probe into organometallic structure and catalysis
W. V. Philipsborn
1986
Corpus ID: 6122229
Significant advances in NMR detection of insensitive, low-frequency spin-l/2 and quadrupolar nuclei have caused rapid progress in…
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