Published 1989 | Version v1
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Strong magnetic fields, galaxy formation, and the galactic engine

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It is generally believed that large-scale radio structures, double lobes, jets, etc., are powered by activity in galactic nuclei and that the ultimate source of the energy in quasars, BL Lac objects, and active galactic nuclei (AGNs) is gravitational collapse. However, more than 25 years since large redshifts in quasars were dissolved, there is no generally accepted model for the fantastically powerful central engine at the core of AGNs and quasars. It is generally agreed that the central core involves a large concentrated mass,probably a black hole, accreting material from its surroundings. This paper discusses how natural processes in the gravitational collapse of a pregalactic gas cloud with a toroidal volume electric current will lead to the formation of a gravitationally bound current loop (GBCL) that can last for far longer than the age of the universe in the core of the galaxy or quasar

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Publishing Information

Publisher
The New York Academy of Sciences.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (USA)
ISBN
0-89766-526-0
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the fourteenth Texas symposium on relativistic astrophysics
Imprint Pagination
698 p.
Series
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.
Journal Page Range
p. 239-246.

Conference

Title
14. Texas symposium on relativistic astrophysics.
Dates
11-16 Dec 1988.
Place
Dallas, TX (USA).

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22001350
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ACCRETION DISKS; BLACK HOLES; COSMIC DUST; GALACTIC EVOLUTION; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; KINETIC ENERGY; MHD EQUILIBRIUM; ORIGIN; PARTICLES; QUASARS; RADIO GALAXIES; TURBULENT FLOW
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; DUSTS; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM; FLUID FLOW; GALAXIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-881268--.