Active Galactic Nuclei: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia October 2830, 1987 [Paperback]

This volume summarizes recent developments in our understanding of active galactic nuclei, including quasars, seyfert galaxies and radio galaxies. The predominant emphasis is put on observational results with information from essentially all wave bands, but important theoretical results are also presented. Among the contributions are discussions of the different types of active galaxies, the nature of the central engine, the wiggly structure of radio jets, the dynamics of the gas in jets, the study of millimeter and extreme ultraviolet regions, and a discussion of the observed continuum of the entire electromagnetic spectrum. The intended readers are professional astronomers and astrophysicists as well as graduate students in this field of research.Emission-line spectra and the nature of active galactic nuclei.- Emission line regions in active galactic nuclei: A unified view.- Emission-line region structure from variability studies.- UV and optical spectroscopy of NGC 5548.- The circumnuclear environment of the nearby non-interacting Seyfert galaxies NGC 5273 and NGC 3516.- Long-slit spectroscopy of star-burst galaxies.- Voyager far UV observations of Markarian 509.- High resolution study of NGC 4151.- Long-slit echelle spectrograms of Seyfert galaxy nuclei.- Double peaked broad line profiles  edge on accretion disks or double quasar nuclei?.- OJ287 as a binary system.- Line profiles and the kinematics of the narrow-line region.- Reddening of narrow line regions.- Ultraviolet and optical spectra of broad-line radio galaxies.- Long slit CCD observations of active and normal galaxies.- Imaging spectrophotometry of ionized gas in active galaxies.- Some spectroscopic properties of mass-ejecting and radio-loud quasars.- Infrared spectroscopy of NGC 1068.- Dust and emission-line asymmetries in active galaxies.- Spectropolarimetry and the structure of active galactic nuclei.- Spectropolarimetry of narrow-line Seyfert 1s.- Evidence for thermal emission components in highlS%