The galactic black hole : lectures on general relativity and astrophysics /
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| Imprint: | Bristol : Institute of Physics Pub., c2003. |
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| Description: | xii, 353 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Series in high energy physics, cosmology and gravitation Series in high energy physics, cosmology, and gravitation. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4836716 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. General introduction
- 1. The Schwarzschild black hole: a general relativistic introduction / Christian Heinicke and Friedrich W. Hehl
- 2. The Milky Way: structure, constituents and evolution / Susanne Huttemeister
- 3. The collapse to a black hole / Gernot Neugebauer
- 4. The environment of the Galaxy's central black hole / Mark R. Morris
- Pt. 2. General relativity and black holes
- 5. Particles and fields near black holes / Valeri Frolov
- 6. Close encounters of black holes / Domenico Giulini
- 7. Quantum aspects of black holes / Claus Kiefer
- Pt. 3. Our galactic center
- 8. The mass of the Galactic Center black hole / Andreas Eckart
- 9. Stars and singularities: stellar phenomena near a massive black hole / Tal Alexander
- 10. Black hole accretion models for the Galactic Center / Robert F. Coker
- 11. Radio and X-ray emission from the Galactic Black Hole / Heino Falcke.
