galactic nucleus

collocation in English

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galactic
adjective
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/ɡəˈlæk.tɪk/us
/ɡəˈlæk.tɪk/
relating to the Galaxy or ...
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nucleus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈnjuː.kli.əs/us
/ˈnuː.kli.əs/
physicsspecialized
the central part of an atom, usually made up of protons ...
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(Definition ofgalacticandnucleusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At the core, most galaxies have a supermassive black hole, which may result in an activegalacticnucleus.
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In the dissertation she treated tidal disruption of stars during a close encounter with a massive black hole in agalacticnucleus.
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In addition, the infalling gas will feed the newly formed black hole, transforming it into an activegalacticnucleus.
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The central mass in activegalacticnucleusrotate close to relativistic limit (the dimensionless spin parameter is larger than 0.84).
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The galaxy is still gas-rich, and has a singlegalacticnucleus.
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A supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy may serve to regulate the rate of star formation in agalacticnucleus.
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Gas taken up by the combined black hole could create a luminous quasar or an activegalacticnucleus.
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When passing through the disk, this cluster does so at distances of less than 5 kpc from thegalacticnucleus.
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The study does not include any spectroscopic discrimination between the stellar and activegalacticnucleuscomponent.
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The radiation from an activegalacticnucleusresults from the gravitational energy of matter as it falls toward the black hole from the disc.
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The radio jets being generated by the activegalacticnucleusare interacting with the interstellar medium, producing extended narrow line regions.
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There are clear signs that a powerful activegalacticnucleusis present in the center of the galaxy.
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Triangulum is classified as unbarred, but an analysis of the galaxy shape shows what may be a weak bar-like structure about thegalacticnucleus.
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If it has an activegalacticnucleus, this may reduce the mass estimate to half the current value.
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At the core is a supermassive black hole, which forms the primary component of an activegalacticnucleus.
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However, this assumes the quasar is radiating energy in all directions, but the activegalacticnucleus is believed to be radiating preferentially in the direction of its jet.
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The narrow lines are believed to originate from the outer part of the activegalacticnucleus, where velocities are lower, while the broad lines originate closer to the black hole.
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It has a heterogeneous halo of extremely hot gas, posited to be due to the activegalacticnucleusat the core of the central elliptical galaxy.
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The position of the burst's afterglow was measurably offset from the centroid of the host galaxy, effectively ruling out the possibility that the burst originated in an activegalacticnucleus.
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Quasars' extreme red shift led us to conclude that they are distant active galactic nuclei.
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