Overview
- Presents state-of-the-art theory and observations on black hole astrophysics
- Covers all the main topics in the broad field of black hole astrophysics
- Includes discussions on the goals and the expected results for the next generation of experiments
- Serves as both a reference work for researchers and a textbook for graduate students
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 440)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
This book discusses the state of the art of the basic theoretical and observational topics related to black hole astrophysics. It covers all the main topics in this wide field, from the theory of accretion disks and formation mechanisms of jet and outflows, to their observed electromagnetic spectrum, and attempts to measure the spin of these objects. Black holes are one of the most fascinating predictions of general relativity and are currently a very hot topic in both physics and astrophysics. In the last five years there have been significant advances in our understanding of these systems, and in the next five years it should become possible to use them to test fundamental physics, in particular to predict the general relativity in the strong field regime. The book is both a reference work for researchers and a textbook for graduate students.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Prof. Cosimo Bambi is currently Xie Xide Junior Chair Professor at the Department of Physics of Fudan University, in Shanghai. He received the PhD from Ferrara University (Italy) in 2007. He was a postdoc at Wayne State University (Michigan), at IPMU at The University of Tokyo (Japan), at LMU Munich (Germany). He has published about 90 research papers and has more than 2,000 citations. His H-index is 29.
Chapter authors:
Jean-Pierre LASOTA – HIRSZOWICZ is Directeur de Recherche Emerite; Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris. He has 240 scientific publications and 7170 citations by Jan. 2014.
Tomaso Belloni is "Primo Ricercatore" at INAF Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera since 1999. He published 566 articles (262 on refereed journals) with 10,606 citations. His H-index is 47. He is referee of all major international astronomical journals.
Matthew Middleton is currently Ernest Rutherford STFC Fellow at the IoA, University ofCambridge. He has published 45 articles with H-index of 17.
Feng Yuan is a professor and the director of Research Center for Galaxy and Cosmology,
Shanghai Astronomical Observatory. He has published more than 60 journal articles, and the total citations are more than 2000.
Daniele Malafarina is currently assistant professor at the School of Science and Technology of Nazarbayev University, Astana (Kazakhstan). He has published over 30 articles, including an invited review article.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Astrophysics of Black Holes
Book Subtitle: From Fundamental Aspects to Latest Developments
Editors: Cosimo Bambi
Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-52859-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-52857-0Published: 09 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-57087-6Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-52859-4Published: 28 July 2016
Series ISSN: 0067-0057
Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 207
Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations
Topics: Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory