Astrophysics of black holes : from fundamental aspects to latest developments /

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Imprint:Berlin : Springer, 2016.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Astrophysics and space science library, 0067-0057 ; 440
Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 440.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11266108
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Other authors / contributors:Bambi, Cosimo, editor.
ISBN:9783662528594
3662528592
3662528576
9783662528570
9783662528570
Digital file characteristics:text file PDF
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 3, 2016).
Summary:This book discusses the state of the art of the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics. It covers all the main topics in this wide field, from the theory of accretion disks and formation mechanisms of jet and outflows, to their observed electromagnetic spectrum, and attempts to measure the spin of these objects. Black holes are one of the most fascinating predictions of general relativity and are currently a very hot topic in both physics and astrophysics. In the last five years there have been significant advances in our understanding of these systems, and in the next five years it should become possible to use them to test fundamental physics, in particular to predict the general relativity in the strong field regime. The book is both a reference work for researchers and a textbook for graduate students.
Other form:Printed edition: 9783662528570
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-662-52859-4