the most luminous celestial objects and their use for cosmology : proceedings of the MPA/ESO/MPE/USM Joint Astronomy Conference held in Garching, Germany, 6-10 August 2001
xiv, 618 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
ESO astrophysics symposia.
From the Contents: Clusters of Galaxies.- Brightest Galaxies.- Gamma-ray Bursts as the Lighthouses.- Gravitational Lensing and Gravitational Waves.- QSO, AGN, Blazars - Observational Data.- First Bright Objects and Their Role in the End of Dark Ages.- Formation and Growth of Supermassive BH.- Activity Connected with the Presence of Supermassive Black Holes.- Ultra-luminous X-ray Sources and Stellar Mass Black Holes.- QSO, AGN, Blazars as Probes of the Universe.- Lighthouses and the Cosmic Background Radiation.