Black holes : new horizons /

Black holes, once just fascinating theoretical predictions of how gravity warps space-time according to Einstein's theory, are now generally accepted as astrophysical realities, formed by post-supernova collapse, or as supermassive black holes mysteriously found at the cores of most galaxies, p...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hayward, Sean Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Singapore : World Scientific, 2013.
©2013
Subjects:
Black holes (Astronomy)
Trous noirs (Astronomie)
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. An introduction to local black hole horizons in the 3+1 approach to general relativity / José Luis Jaramillo
  • 2. Physical aspects of quasi-local black hole horizons / Alex B. Nielsen
  • 3. On uniqueness results for static, asymptotically flat initial data containing MOTS / Alberto Carrasco and Marc Mars
  • 4. Horizons in the near-equilibrium regime / Ivan Booth
  • 5. Isolated horizons in classical and quantum gravity / Jonathan Engle and Tomáš Liko
  • 6. Quantum thermometers in stationary space-times with horizons / Sergio Zerbini
  • 7. Relativistic thermodynamics / Sean A. Hayward
  • 8. Trapped surfaces / J.M.M. Senovilla
  • 9. Some examples of trapped surfaces / I. Bengtsson.

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