Acknowledgments of the PhD thesis of V. Beckmann

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Prof. Dr. Dieter Reimers for giving me the opportunity to work with the Quasar Groups at the Hamburger Sternwarte. The friendly and supportive atmosphere inherent to the whole Quasar Group contributed essentially to the final outcome of my studies. In this context I would like to thank particularly Hans Hagen, Dieter Engels, and Olaf Wucknitz. Without their support the completion of this dissertation would not have been possible.
I would like to thank Norbert Bade who initiated the BL Lac project and was always helpful with advice.
For their hospitality I would like to thank the group at the Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera at Milan, especially Anna Wolter, Roberto Della Ceca, and Tommaso Maccacaro since this PhD project profitted a lot from our interesting discussions and the many new impulses I received from them.
In addition to the colleagues above mentioned Professora Laura Maraschi supported the process of writing this thesis by giving me important advice how to optimize my work.
I am particularly grateful to Gerry Williger, who was so kind as to read the whole manuscript thoroughly and correct the English spelling and grammar and contributed also to the scientific discussion.
Apart from my colleagues, I would like to thank my family and friends who have never lost faith in this long-term project.
This work received financial support from the Deutsche Forschungs Gemeinschaft (DFG), the Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD), the Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), and from my parents.

Erklärung

Ich versichere, dass ich diese Arbeit selbstständig verfasst und nur die angegebenen Quellen und Hilfsmittel verwendet habe.

Hamburg, den 5. Dezember 2000

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