ASTROPHYSICS; NEW RESEARCH ON ASTROPHYSICS FROM E.Y. KHACHIKIAN AND CO-AUTHORS SUMMARIZED

Physics Week
May 4, 2010

"As Victor Ambartsumyan, himself, noted, the concept of active galactic
nuclei occupies a special place among his scientific ideas.

It was proposed more than half a century ago and was recognized by
the U.S.," scientists in Armenia report.

"National Academy of Sciences as revolutionary, on a copernican scale.

However, by no means all of its propositions were accepted at once
by large parts of the astronomy community," wrote E.Y. Khachikian
and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "Nevertheless, as the American
astrophysicist A. R. Sandage has written, "today, not one astronomer
would deny the mystery surrounding the nuclei of galaxies or that the
first to recognize the rich reward held in this treasury was Viktor
Ambartsumian." The purpose of this article is to acquaint the reader
with the major stages in the formation and development of the concept
of active galactic nuclei and with some of the work on this topic
done at the Byurakan and other astrophysical observatories throughout
the world."

Khachikian and colleagues published their study in Astrophysics
(Ambartsumyan’s concept of active galactic nuclei. Astrophysics,
2010;53(1):1-17).

For more information, contact E.Y. Khachikian, VA Ambartsumyan Byurakan
Astrophys Observ, Byurakan, Armenia.

Publisher contact information for the journal Astrophysics is:
Springer, Plenum Publishers, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013, USA.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress