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Look Inside Black Holes

Black Holes

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Part of Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series

Editors:
Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Anton M. Koekemoer, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore

Mario Livio, Anton Koekemoer, G. T. Horowitz, J. G. Baker, W. D. Boggs, J. M. Centrella, B. J. Kelley, S. T. McWilliams, J. R. van Meter, G. Landsberg, S. L. W. McMillan, M. Volonteri, C. M. Urry, E. Treister, B. M. Peterson, M. C. Bentz, F. D. Macchetto, A. Müller, G. Hasinger, M. Vestergaard, K. Brand, NDWFS Boötes Survey Teams, A. C. Fabian, M. Colpi, M. Dotti, L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, A. Gualandris, D. Merritt, S. L. Shapiro, J. E. McClintock, R. Narayan, R. Shafee, T. Alexander, S. Gezari, M. Chiaberge, J. H. Krolik

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Date Published: March 2011
availability: Available
format: Hardback
isbn: 9781107005532

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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.
- Provides an up-to-date overview of current research in this fascinating and important field of astrophysics
- Features contributions from leading experts
- An important resource for researchers and graduate students alike
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Product details
- Date Published: March 2011
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781107005532
- length: 332 pages
- dimensions: 253 x 180 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.81kg
- contains: 211 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Participants
Preface Mario Livio and Anton Koekemoer
1. Black holes, entropy, and information G. T. Horowitz
2. Gravitational waves from black-hole mergers J. G. Baker, W. D. Boggs, J. M. Centrella, B. J. Kelley, S. T. McWilliams and J. R. van Meter
3. Out-of-this-world physics: black holes at future colliders G. Landsberg
4. Black holes in globular clusters S. L. W. McMillan
5. Evolution of massive black holes M. Volonteri
6. Supermassive black holes in deep multiwavelength surveys C. M. Urry and E. Treister
7. Black-hole masses from reverberation mapping B. M. Peterson and M. C. Bentz
8. Black-hole masses from gas dynamics F. D. Macchetto
9. Evolution of supermassive black holes A. Müller and G. Hasinger
10. Black-hole masses of distant quasars M. Vestergaard
11. The accretion history of supermassive black holes K. Brand and the NDWFS Boötes Survey Teams
12. Strong field gravity and spin of black holes from broad iron lines A. C. Fabian
13. Birth of massive black-hole binaries M. Colpi, M. Dotti, L. Mayer and S. Kazantzidis
14. Dynamics around supermassive black holes A. Gualandris and D. Merritt
15. Black-hole formation and growth: simulations in general relativity S. L. Shapiro
16. Estimating the spins of stellar-mass black holes J. E. McClintock, R. Narayan and R. Shafee
17. Stellar relaxation processes near the Galactic massive black hole T. Alexander
18. Tidal disruptions of stars by supermassive black holes S. Gezari
19. Where to look for radiatively inefficient accretion flows in low-luminosity AGN M. Chiaberge
20. Making black holes visible: accretion, radiation, and jets J. H. Krolik.
Look Inside
Editors
Mario Livio, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Anton M. Koekemoer, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
Contributors
Mario Livio, Anton Koekemoer, G. T. Horowitz, J. G. Baker, W. D. Boggs, J. M. Centrella, B. J. Kelley, S. T. McWilliams, J. R. van Meter, G. Landsberg, S. L. W. McMillan, M. Volonteri, C. M. Urry, E. Treister, B. M. Peterson, M. C. Bentz, F. D. Macchetto, A. Müller, G. Hasinger, M. Vestergaard, K. Brand, NDWFS Boötes Survey Teams, A. C. Fabian, M. Colpi, M. Dotti, L. Mayer, S. Kazantzidis, A. Gualandris, D. Merritt, S. L. Shapiro, J. E. McClintock, R. Narayan, R. Shafee, T. Alexander, S. Gezari, M. Chiaberge, J. H. Krolik