PhD thesis, 2000
SEYFERT GALAXIES: A REVIEW
Stephen J. Curran
Department of Radio and Space Science with
Onsala Space Observatory
Chalmers University of Technology
, Göteborg, Sweden
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE CENTRAL ENGINE
Nature - Observations of Water Vapour Masers
Evolution - Formation and Sustenance of the Black Hole
OBSCURING TORI AND MOLECULAR RINGS
THE IONISED GAS AND ASSOCIATED OUTFLOWS
SUMMARY