Quasars and Active Galactic Nuclei: An Introduction

Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and abbreviations 1. Historical background 2. The cosmological framework 3. Radiative processes - I 4. Radiative processes - II 5. The standard model 6. Surveys 7. Luminosity functions 8. The continuum 9. Radio properties 10. X-ray emission 11. X-ray and gamma-ray spectra 12. Unification 13. Quasar absorption lines 14. Gravitation lensing 15. Problems and controversies References Books, reviews and proceedings Author index Subject index.