Black Holes (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series): Proceedings of the Space Institute Symposium, Held in Baltimore, Maryland April ... Institute Symposium Series, Series Number 21) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107005531 ISBN 13: 9781107005532

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Black holes, once considered to be of purely theoretical interest, play an important role in observational astronomy and a range of astrophysical phenomena. This volume is based on a meeting held at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which explored the many aspects of black hole astrophysics. Written by world experts in areas of stellar-mass, intermediate-mass and supermassive black holes, these review papers provide an up-to-date overview of developments in this field. Topics discussed range from black hole entropy and the fate of information to supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies, and from the possibility of producing black holes in collider experiments to the measurements of black hole spins. This is an invaluable resource for researchers currently working in the field, and for graduate students interested in this active and growing area of research.

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Book Description

Written by leading experts, these review papers explore the many aspects of black hole astrophysics. Topics range from black hole entropy, the fate of information, and supermassive black holes, to collider experiments and the measurements of black hole spins. This is an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate students.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107005531
• ISBN 13: 9781107005532
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Livio Mario, Koekemoer Anton M.