Title :
Cosmic masers and black holes
Author_Institution :
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophys., Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Many molecules exhibit very strong maser emission in cosmic sources. Because of their intensity and small angular sizes they are remarkably precise dynamical probes of astrophysical systems such as accretion disks around black holes
Keywords :
astronomical masers; black holes; accretion disks; astrophysical systems; black holes; cosmic masers; cosmic sources; molecular clouds; precise dynamical probes; strong maser emission;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference, 2004. (IQEC). International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-778-4