What does a black hole look like?

What does a black hole look like? / Charles D. Bailyn.

"Emitting no radiation or any other kind of information, black holes mark the edge of the universe--both physically and in our scientific understanding. Yet astronomers have found clear evidence for the existence of black holes, employing the same tools and techniques used to explore other cele...

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Main Author: Bailyn, Charles D. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Princeton frontiers in physics.
Subjects:
Black holes (Astronomy)
Astrophysics.
astrophysics.
SCIENCE > Astrophysics & Space Science.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
SCIENCE > Physics > Astrophysics.
Astrophysics
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Introducing Black Holes: Event Horizons and Singularities
  • 2. Accretion onto a Black Hole
  • 3. Outflows and Jets
  • 4. Stellar-Mass Black Holes
  • 5. Supermassive Black Holes
  • 6. Formation and Evolution of Black Holes
  • 7. Do Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Exist?
  • 8. Black Hole Spin
  • 9. Detecting Black Holes through
  • 10. Black Hole Exotica
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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