Holes in Quasars and Galaxies

• Main Authors: Sarah Triplett Salviander, Gregory A. Shields, Karl Gebhardt, Gary J. Hill, Eliot Quataert, Beverley J. Wills, Donald E. Winget Demographics, Evolution Of Supermassive Black
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Fernandez; Patience; sami
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.388.5410; http://www.lib.utexas.edu/etd/d/2008/salvianders89311/salvianders89311.pdf

I am grateful to many people, whose support and encouragement were vital to the completion of this Ph.D. — To my advisor, Greg Shields, for his guidance, patience, enthusiasm, and generosity. To my dissertation committee, for keeping me on track. To Karl Gebhardt and Bev Wills, in particular, who were helpful above and beyond the call of duty. To the faculty and staff of the UT Astronomy Department, for making my graduate experience a pleasant one. To my husband and best friend, Sami Salviander, for his love, loyalty, and companionship. To my father and stepmother, John and Joy Triplett, who endured many anguished phone calls from Texas and never failed to dispense good advice. To my mother and step-father, Carol Ann and Richard Kaiser, who made me feel as though I was never that far from home. To my brother and good friend, Ben Triplett, for keeping me sane with our daily conversations. To Beth Fernandez, Randi Worhatch, and the rest of the graduate students, for much-needed fellowship and fun. To Frisco and Michi Rose, whose friendship throughout the years has evolved into something more like family. And to George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry, who inspired me to look to the stars in the