Overview
- Course tested introduction to black hole astrophysics
- Material included goes beyond what is found in classic textbooks
- Details on astrophysical manifestations of black holes are given
- Avoids unnecessary technicalities
- Additional mathematical details offered in the appendix
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics (LNP, volume 876)
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About this book
This book is based on the lecture notes of a one-semester course on black hole astrophysics given by the author and is aimed at advanced undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in astrophysics.
The material included goes beyond that found in classic textbooks and presents details on astrophysical manifestations of black holes. In particular, jet physics and detailed accounts of objects like microquasars, active galactic nuclei, gamma-ray bursts, and ultra-luminous X-ray sources are covered, as well as advanced topics like black holes in alternative theories of gravity.
The author avoids unnecessary technicalities and to some degree the book is self-contained. The reader will find some basic general relativity tools in Chapter 1. The appendices provide some additional mathematical details that will be useful for further study, and a guide to the bibliography on the subject.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. Romero has worked on AGN and black holes for more than 20 years and is a recognised scientist in the field
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Introduction to Black Hole Astrophysics
Authors: Gustavo E. Romero, Gabriela S. Vila
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Physics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39596-3
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-39595-6Published: 26 September 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-39596-3Published: 14 September 2013
Series ISSN: 0075-8450
Series E-ISSN: 1616-6361
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 318
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory