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According to Wikipedia, Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS was a British theoretical astrophysicist. He was the first to determine that galaxies contain supermassive black holes at their centres, and that such black holes power quasars. Lynden-Bell was President of the Royal Astronomical Society and received numerous awards for his work, including the inaugural Kavli Prize for Astrophysics. He worked at the University of Cambridge for his entire career, where he was the first director of its Institute of Astronomy.

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The Evolution of viscous discs and the origin of the nebular variables. (1974) (1829)
Evidence from the motions of old stars that the Galaxy collapsed. (1962) (1308)
Statistical Mechanics of Violent Relaxation in Stellar Systems (1967) (1024)
Galactic Nuclei as Collapsed Old Quasars (1969) (1004)
Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. I: a new distance estimator (1987) (938)
The gravo-thermal catastrophe in isothermal spheres and the onset of red-giant structure for stellar systems (1968) (705)
II. Spiral Arms as Sheared Gravitational Instabilities (1965) (699)
The Structure and Evolution of Normal Galaxies (1981) (587)
Review of galactic constants (1986) (558)
On the Generating Mechanism of Spiral Structure (1972) (489)
A Method of Allowing for Known Observational Selection in Small Samples Applied to 3CR Quasars (1971) (446)
IO, A JOVIAN UNIPOLAR INDUCTOR. (1969) (430)
Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. V - Galaxy streaming toward the new supergalactic center (1988) (394)
Spectroscopy and Photometry of Elliptical Galaxies. VI. Sample Selection and Data Summary: Erratum (1989) (343)
I. Gravitational Stability of Uniformly Rotating Disks (1965) (287)
The minimum Jeans mass or when fragmentation must stop. (1976) (279)
Dwarf Galaxies and Globular Clusters in High Velocity Hydrogen Streams (1976) (250)
On the stability of differentially rotating bodies (1967) (246)
NEGATIVE SPECIFIC HEAT IN ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY (1998) (240)
On Quasars, Dust and the Galactic Centre (1971) (233)
Ghostly streams from the formation of the Galaxy’s halo (1995) (228)
An Orphan in the “Field of Streams” (2006) (215)
Magnetic collimation by accretion discs of quasars and stars (1996) (191)
A large-scale streaming motion in the local universe. (1987) (187)
On why discs generate magnetic towers and collimate jets (2002) (178)
On the consequences of the gravothermal catastrophe (1980) (169)
H-functions and mixing in violent relaxation (1986) (167)
Global Scaling Relations for Elliptical Galaxies and Implications for Formation (1987) (159)
Self-similar solutions up to flashpoint in highly wound magnetostatics (1994) (153)
Classical monopoles: Newton, NUT space, gravomagnetic lensing, and atomic spectra (1996) (151)
On the negative specific heat paradox (1977) (150)
On a mechanism that structures galaxies. (1979) (150)
Relativistic conservation laws and integral constraints for large cosmological perturbations (1997) (142)
Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. II - The spectroscopic parameters (1987) (128)
Wiener reconstruction of density, velocity and potential fields from all-sky galaxy redshift surveys (1994) (122)
The Fornax-Leo-Sculptor system (1982) (114)
The chemical evolution of galaxies (1975) (111)
On the proper motion of the Magellanic Clouds and the halo mass of our Galaxy (1982) (109)
Stellar Dynamics: Exact Solution of the Self-Gravitation Equation (1961) (94)
Spectroscopy and photometry of elliptical galaxies. III - UBV aperture photometry, CCD photometry, and magnitude-related parameters (1987) (87)
Dynamical structure and evolution of stellar systems (1973) (79)
The dynamical age of the local group of galaxies (1981) (79)
The Stability and Vibrations of a Gas of Stars (1962) (73)
Exact optics: a unification of optical telescope design (2002) (64)
Relativistic discs and flat galaxy models (1993) (60)
On the motions of the Sun, the Galaxy and the Andromeda nebula (1977) (60)
Relativistic disks – I. Counter rotating disks (1978) (59)
Stellar Dynamics: Potentials with Isolating Integrals (1962) (58)
On the mass of the Local Group and the motion of its barycentre (1982) (58)
Cosmological deductions from the alignment of local gravity and motion (1989) (56)
Mach's principle from the relativistic constraint equations (1995) (54)
Stellar dynamics. Only isolating integrals should be used in Jeans theorem (1962) (54)
Best approximate quadratic integrals in stellar dynamics (1985) (52)
Inconsistency in theories of violent relaxation (2004) (52)
On Large-Scale Instabilities during Gravitational Collapse and the Evolution of Shrinking Maclaurin Spheroids. (1964) (50)
Simulation of the Magellanic Stream to estimate the total mass of the Milky Way (1977) (47)
Astrophysical quantities: (3rd edn.) C. W. Allen. Athlone Press (1973). 309 pp. Price £6.25 (1974) (47)
DISC SOURCES FOR CONFORMASTATIONARY METRICS (1999) (47)
The mass of the Milky Way Galaxy (1992) (46)
Free Precession for the Galaxy (1965) (46)
Exact optics - II. Exploration of designs on- and off-axis (2003) (45)
The peculiar acceleration of the Local Group as deduced from the optical and IRAS flux dipoles (1988) (45)
Discovery of a nearby spiral galaxy behind the Milky Way (1994) (44)
Self-similar solutions for post-collapse evolution of globular clusters (1983) (44)
Does the Universe accelerate equally in all directions (2009) (44)
Magnetic jets from swirling discs (2006) (43)
Gravomagnetic lensing by NUT space (1997) (43)
Isocirculational flows and their Lagrangian and energy principles (1981) (42)
Tides, torques and the timing argument (1989) (41)
The role of magnetism in spiral structure (1966) (40)
Can Spherical Clusters Rotate (1960) (39)
Vorticity expulsion by turbulence: astrophysical implications of an Alka-Seltzer experiment (1968) (35)
On the Origins of Space-Time and Inertia (1967) (35)
Spherical harmonic analysis of IRAS galaxies: implications for the Great Attractor and Cold Dark Matter (1992) (31)
The Schrödinger Operator Criterion for the Stability of Galaxies and Gas Spheres (1969) (30)
The gravothermal instability in two dimensions (1978) (29)
Gravitational field energy density for spheres and black holes (1985) (28)
On Accelerated Inertial Frames in Gravity and Electromagnetism (1998) (28)
Hubble's constant determined from super-luminal radio sources (1977) (27)
Slippery evidence on the Galaxy's invisible heavy halo. (1983) (27)
An Analytic Approximation to the Isothermal Sphere (1996) (27)
Cosmological perturbation theory, instantaneous gauges and local inertial frames (2007) (26)
Quasilocal energy in static gravitational fields (1988) (25)
The flattened isochrone (1990) (25)
The alignment of the second velocity moment tensor in galaxies (2016) (25)
Electromagnetic magic: The relativistically rotating disk (2004) (25)
Exact general solutions to extraordinary N–body problems (1998) (24)
Energy and angular momentum densities of stationary gravitational fields (2007) (24)
On Penston's self-similar solution for cold collapse (1988) (23)
Gravitational energy in stationary spacetimes (2006) (23)
Global stellar populations of elliptical galaxies: A. Optical properties. (1988) (22)
Relativistic disks – II. Self-similar disks in rotation (1978) (21)
Are Complex A and the Orphan stream related (2007) (21)
A Lagrangian for Eulerian fluid mechanics (1982) (20)
Global stability of self-similar Newtonian gaseous disks against axisymmetric perturbations (1991) (20)
The Origin Of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies (1983) (20)
The Hartree–Fock Exchange Operator and the Stability of Galaxies (1969) (20)
A spacetime dual to the NUT spacetime (1998) (20)
Geometrodynamical distances to the Galaxy's hydrogen streams (2007) (20)
Instantaneous inertial frames but retarded electromagnetism in rotating relativistic collapse (1998) (19)
Analytic orbits in any central potential (2010) (19)
A Relative Newtonian Mechanics (1995) (18)
Do Rotations Beyond the Cosmological Horizon Affect the Local Inertial Frame (2003) (18)
ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES AND NON-UNIFORMITIES IN THE HUBBLE FLOW' (1986) (18)
Diameter functions of UGC and ESO galaxies (1991) (18)
Equilibrium Models of Differentially Rotating Zero-Temperature Stars (1966) (16)
Analytic central orbits and their transformation group (2007) (16)
Russell Lecture: Dark Star Formation and Cooling Instability (2001) (16)
Erratum: Mach's principle from the relativistic constraint equations (1995) (15)
The Ursa Minor dwarf galaxy is a member of the Magellanic Stream (1982) (14)
A general class of spherical Newtonian self-similar solutions for a cold fluid – II. Solutions with gravity (1989) (14)
Cooperation of orbital streams in disc galaxies (1996) (14)
Evidence of a small velocity dispersion for the Carina dwarf spheroidal (1987) (14)
Visual search for galaxies near the northern crossing of the Supergalactic Plane by the Milky Way (1995) (13)
Negative heat capacities do occur. Comment on “Critical analysis of negative heat capacities in nanoclusters” by Michaelian K. and Santamaría-Holek I. (2008) (13)
On the gravitational collapse of a cold rotating gas cloud (1962) (13)
Geometric extension through Schwarzschild r = 0 (1990) (12)
Magnetic activity in stars, discs and quasars (2000) (12)
Inertial frame rotation induced by rotating gravitational waves (2008) (11)
Gravitational waves and dragging effects (2008) (11)
Komar fluxes of circularly polarized light beams and cylindrical metrics (2017) (11)
The invariant eccentricity of galactic orbits (1963) (11)
Sheet universes and the shapes of Friedmann universes (1989) (11)
CONSEQUENCES OF ONE SPRING RESEARCHING WITH CHANDRASEKHAR (1996) (10)
A Magic Electromagnetic Field (2002) (10)
A simple derivation and interpretation of the third integral in stellar dynamics (2002) (10)
Baryonic dark matter (1990) (10)
Exact quantum solutions of extraordinary N-body problems (1999) (10)
Tension shells and tension stars (1991) (10)
Effects of rotating gravitational waves (2012) (10)
Relaxation to a Perpetually Pulsating Equilibrium (2004) (9)
Formation and evolution mechanisms of barred spiral galaxies (1996) (9)
Relativistically spinning charged sphere (2004) (9)
Carter separable electromagnetic fields (2000) (8)
Local Group Dynamics (1999) (8)
Star of the Galaxy (1981) (8)
On the shapes of Newton's revolving orbits (1997) (8)
Searching for Insight (2010) (8)
On the Evolution of Frictionless Ellipsoids. (1965) (8)
Eddington-Malmquist Bias, Streaming Motions, and the Distribution of Galaxies (1992) (8)
Electromagnetic fields in jets (2007) (8)
Erratum: H-functions and mixing in violent relaxation (1987) (8)
Solutions of the equations of stellar hydrodynamics for Eddington systems (1989) (8)
Variational principles for topological barotropic fluid dynamics (2014) (7)
Lectures on stellar dynamics (1994) (7)
Hamilton's Eccentricity Vector Generalised to Newton Wonders (2006) (7)
Masses and Mystery in the Local Group (1983) (6)
Gravitational dynamics : proceedings of the 36th Herstmonceux Conference, in honour of Professor D. Lynden-Bell's 60th birthday held in Cambridge, U.K., August 7-11, 1995 (1996) (6)
An approximate analytic inversion of Kepler's equation (2015) (6)
The dynamics of isocirculational flows (1985) (6)
A surgery of entropy in the Universe (1990) (6)
Generalized variational principle for collisional stellar dynamics (1990) (6)
Stellar Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: A magic electromagnetic field (2003) (6)
From White Dwarfs to Black Holes: The Legacy of S Chandrasekhar (1999) (5)
Toroidal Perturbations of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universes (2003) (5)
Pressure in Lemaître–Tolman–Bondi solutions and cosmologies (2016) (5)
Correlation between Peculiar Galaxies and Radio Sources (1966) (5)
Simplified Variational Principles for Barotropic Fluid Dynamics (2006) (5)
Slippery Evidence on Masses in the Local Group (1985) (5)
The Relativity of Acceleration (1992) (5)
Note on N Galaxies and mini-quasars (1971) (5)
Allan Rex Sandage. 18 June 1926 — 13 November 2010 (2011) (5)
Toroidal metrics: gravitational solenoids and static shells (2012) (4)
The Newton Wonder in Mechanics (2000) (4)
Bound central orbits (2015) (4)
Lattice melting and rotation in perpetually pulsating equilibria. (2006) (4)
On the gravitational fields of bars and spiral discs (1989) (4)
Electromagnetic fields of separable spacetimes (2007) (4)
Principal velocity surfaces in stellar dynamics (2016) (4)
Spheroidal galaxy models with anisotropic stresses (1991) (4)
Variations on the theme of Michel Henon's Isochrone (2014) (4)
Repulsive gravity in tension stars (1991) (4)
Large-Scale Motions in the Nearby Universe (1989) (4)
Wandering Among Newton Wonders (2000) (3)
The Big Bang and element creation (1982) (3)
HIGH-RESOLUTION OBSERVATIONS OF THE GALACTIC CENTER AT 5 GHz. (1971) (3)
Coupled axisymmetric pulsar magnetospheres (2018) (3)
On fast linear gravitational dragging (2012) (3)
Obituary: Sir Fred Hoyle (1915-2001) (2001) (3)
An investigation of the variable stars in the globular cluster NGC 6712. (1963) (3)
Rotation of inertial frames by angular momentum of matter and waves (2017) (3)
On ∂E/∂J for general steady states (1987) (3)
Correction to geometric extension through Schwarzschild r = 0 (1993) (3)
Ω on the Scale of 3 Mm/s (1991) (3)
Energy and angular momentum densities of stationary gravity fields (2007) (2)
Field energy of a charged black hole (1986) (2)
A Reconsideration of the Galactic Constants (1986) (2)
Rotation, Statistical Dynamics and Kinematics of Globular Clusters (2000) (2)
Exact optics — IV. Small ‘trumpet’ correctors for large spheres (2004) (2)
Accretion and Collapse (1987) (2)
Equiangular Spiral Modes of Power Law Disks (1999) (2)
Thought Experiments on Gravitational Forces (2013) (2)
The Regular Tetrahedron Extension of Lagrange's Three Bodies (1994) (2)
From Quasars to Extraordinary N‐body Problems (1998) (2)
Corotating light cylinders and Alfvén waves (2010) (2)
Whence arises the local flow of galaxies (1988) (2)
Why Do Disks Form Jets (2002) (2)
A general class of spherical Newtonian self-similar solutions for a cold fluid – I. Solutions with negligible gravity. (1989) (2)
Generating Mechanisms for Spiral Waves (1970) (2)
The torqued cylinder and Levi-Civita’s metric (2014) (2)
Groping for truth from the galaxy's outermost satellites (1988) (2)
From Antonov's Gravo-Thermal Catastrophe to Phase Transitions (2001) (1)
Unfamiliar integrals and motions down the ‘plug-hole’ potential (2009) (1)
University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy. Report for the year ending 1976 August 31. (1975) (1)
Mysterious Mass in Local Group Galaxies (1983) (1)
Do Stellar Systems Agree with the Singular Evolution of N-Body Systems? (1975) (1)
Homology in the Evolution of Cluster Cores (1975) (1)
Distances to Clusters of Galaxies Using Maximum Entropy (1989) (1)
STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF STELLAR SYSTEMS. (1969) (1)
Self-similar collapse and accretion of radiative gas (1995) (1)
Elliptical Galaxies and Large Scale Velocity Flows (1988) (1)
Galaxy Formation and the Statistical Mechanics of Violent Relaxation (1967) (1)
Derivation of the density distribution in a prolate galaxy from the rotation curve (1988) (1)
Large-Scale Structure within Ten Thousand km/s (1992) (1)
Formation of the Galaxy (1967) (1)
Book reviews: The wonderful geometry of dynamics (1996) (1)
Publisher's Note: Energy and angular momentum densities of stationary gravitational fields [Phys. Rev. D 75, 024040 (2007)] (2007) (1)
Professor Sir Richard Woolley, OBE, ScD, FRS, 24 April 1906 - 24 December 1986. (1987) (1)
A Theorist's View of the Distance Scale (1972) (1)
The Big bang and element creation : proceedings of a Royal Society discussion meeting held on 11 and 12 March 1982 (1982) (1)
Proceedings of the 2nd WSEAS international conference on Nanotechnology (2010) (1)
Spiral galaxies, elliptical galaxies and the large-scale velocity field within 3500 km/s of the Local Group (1988) (1)
Topics in the Dynamics of Stellar Systems (1973) (1)
Victor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian. 18 September 1908–12 August 1996 (1998) (1)
A new method of cosmological distance determination applied in an attempt to weigh the Universe (1978) (1)
Does Viscosity turn inflation into the CMB and $\Lambda$ (2017) (1)
The structure and evolution of normal galaxies. NATO Advanced Study Institute held at the Institute of Astronomy and Clare College, Cambridge, UK, 3 - 15 August 1980. (1981) (1)
Tidal Trails and Mass-Segregated Isothermal Clusters (2010) (1)
Book Review: Baryonic dark matter / Kluwer, 1990 (1991) (0)
A. Boggess received the Herschel Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. (1987) (0)
Plenary lecture 5: exact optics of fast wide-field telescopes (2010) (0)
Exact optics of fast wide-field telescopes (2010) (0)
Jets at Birth and Death (2015) (0)
0 30 91 27 v 1 2 6 Se p 20 03 Toroidal Perturbations of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universes (2003) (0)
Book reviews (1984) (0)
On Accelerated Inertial Frames in Gravity and (2008) (0)
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences: 358 (1767) (2000) (0)
Professor Lynden-Bell demonstrates anew his reversibility (1979) (0)
Erratum: Analytic central orbits and their transformation group (2008) (0)
Light and Gravity (1991) (0)
Stellar instability (1985) (0)
Presidential address: how smooth in the Hubble flow? (1986) (0)
Victor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian 1908–1996 (1997) (0)
Absolute versus Relative Motion in Mechanics (2008) (0)
The general asymptotically flat solution of the five-dimensional vacuum equations Rμν=0 with a light-like symmetry and a space-like axial symmetry (2016) (0)
On the Effects of Rotating Gravitational Waves (2014) (0)
S. W. Hawking received the 1985 Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society. (1985) (0)
The Galaxy and the distance scale. Proceedings of a conference in honour of Prof. Sir Richard Woolley, Astronomer Royal, at Herstmonceux Castle, 1971 August 17 - 20. (1972) (0)
6 Observed vs. Simulated Harmonics Using Articial Neural Networks (0)
Book Review: GRAVITATION: FROM THE HUBBLE LENGTH TO THE PLANCK LENGTH / Institute of Physics, 2004 (2005) (0)
96 05 04 2 v 1 9 M ay 1 99 6 Equilibria of flat and round galactic disks (2022) (0)
Allan Sandage (1926–2010) (2010) (0)
33 v 1 1 0 D ec 1 99 8 On Accelerated InertialFramesin Gravity and Electromagnetism (2022) (0)
On a mechanism that structures galaxies (1979) (0)
An astronomer's Christmas quiz: the seers (1995) (0)
Wound magnetostatics and flaring (1996) (0)
Sources of Cosmic Power (1973) (0)
Self-similar collapse of flat systems (1993) (0)
On the Magellanic Stream, the Mass of the Galaxy and the Age of the Universe (1978) (0)
Deposited in DRO : 06 December 2018 Version of attached (2018) (0)
DWINGELOO-1 - A NEW NEARBY GALAXY BEHIND THE MILKY-WAY (1995) (0)
A Local Stress Tensor for Gravity Fields (2017) (0)
University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy. Annual report 1974-75. (1975) (0)
Light, gravity and galaxy streaming (1987) (0)
Wallace Leslie William Sargent FRS 1935–2012 (2013) (0)
High Resolution Radio Observations of the Galactic Center (1971) (0)
LIGHT UPON THE STRUCTURES OF THE UNIVERSE (1990) (0)
Comments on the Conference (1994) (0)
Comments on the Conference from a Theoretical Viewpoint (1994) (0)
The Genesis of the Local Group (1982) (0)
1 A Magic Electromagnetic Field (0)
How smooth is the Hubble flow (1986) (0)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: Visual search for galaxies in the Galactic Plane (Hau+ 1995) (1996) (0)
Encounterless stability of stellar systems (1966) (0)
What is essential for Spiral Structure (1975) (0)
Film of the Extension of Schwarzschild Space Through the r= 0 Singularity (1991) (0)
Non-Uniformities in the Hubble Flow: Results from a Survey of Elliptical Galaxies (1987) (0)
O ct 2 00 7 Simplified Variational Principles for Barotropic Magnetohydrodynamics (2009) (0)
Energy (non-)conservation near black and white holes (1991) (0)
J an 2 00 4 Relaxation to a Perpetually Pulsating Equilibrium (2004) (0)
10 / 09 / 06 AN ORPHAN IN THE “ FIELD OF STREAMS ” (2008) (0)
Quasar Statistics and the Most Independent Variables (1973) (0)
Wallace Leslie William Sargent. 15 February 1935 — 29 October 2012 (2015) (0)
0 40 70 66 v 1 1 9 Ju l 2 00 4 The Relativistically Spinning Charged Sphere (0)
On Spiral Generating (1974) (0)
Thought experiments on gravitational forces 3165 (2014) (0)
Searching for Evidence on the Formation of the Halo (1999) (0)
Critical Ergos Curves and Chaos at Corotation (2003) (0)
Exact optics – VI. Schmidt cameras and prime correctors (2008) (0)
Bar Instabilities in Galaxies (1993) (0)
Importance of Magnetism for Spiral Structure (1967) (0)
01 04 45 0 v 1 2 7 A pr 2 00 1 One Mass-Radius relation for Planets , White Dwarfs and Neutron Stars (2008) (0)
On why we need a good theory of star formation (1977) (0)
From 2-D to 3-D by Maximum Entropy Method (1988) (0)
Dark matter in astronomy (1989) (0)
Lattice melting in perpetually pulsating equilibria (2006) (0)
Distances to Streams of High Velocity Clouds (2008) (0)
Dynamic Stars (1967) (0)
06 11 72 5 v 1 2 2 N ov 2 00 6 Lattice M elting and R otation in Perpetually Pulsating Equilibria (2022) (0)
On the Alignment of the Stress Tensor in Galaxies (2015) (0)

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