1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461738903321

Titolo

Black holes : proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland, April 23-26, 2007 / / edited by Mario Livio, Anton Koekemoer [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22132-3

1-283-11275-2

9786613112750

1-139-07636-1

1-139-08318-X

1-139-07864-X

1-139-08091-1

0-511-79425-8

1-139-07063-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 321 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series ; ; 21

Disciplina

523.8875

Soggetti

Black holes (Astronomy)

Astrophysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Black holes, entropy, and information / G.T. Horowitz -- Gravitational waves from black-hole mergers / J.G. Baker [and others] -- Out-of-this-world physics : black holes at future colliders / G. Landsberg -- Black holes in globular clusters / S.L.W. McMillan -- Evolution of massive black holes / M. Volonteri -- Supermassive black holes indeep multiwavelength surveys / C.M. Urry & E. Treister -- Black-hole masses from reverberation mapping / B.M. Peterson & M.C. Bentz -- Black-hole masses from gas dynamics / F.D. Macchetto -- Evolution of supermassive black holes / A. Müller & G. Hasinger -- Black-hole masses of distant quasars / M. Vestergaard -- The accretion history of supermassive black holes / K. Brand & the NDWFS Boötes Survey Teams -- Strong field gravity and spin of black holes from broad iron lines /



A.C. Fabian -- Birth of massive black-hole binaries / M. Colpi [and others] -- Dynamics around supermassive black holes / A. Gualandris & D. Merritt -- Black-hole formation and growth / S.L. Shapiro -- Estimating the spins of stellar-mass black holes / J.E. McClintock, R. Narayan & R. Shafee -- Stellar relaxation processes near the galactic massive black hole / T. Alexander -- Tidal disruptions of stars by supermassive black holes / S. Gezari -- Where to look for radiatively inefficient accretion flows in low-luminosity AGN / M. Chiaberge -- Making black holes visible / J.H. Krolik.

Sommario/riassunto

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826873703321

Autore

Holzer Harry J. <1957->

Titolo

Where are all the good jobs going? : what national and local job quality and dynamics mean for U.S. workers / / Harry J. Holzer [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Russell Sage Foundation, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-61044-723-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HolzerHarry J. <1957->

Disciplina

331.10973

Soggetti

Labor market - United States

Employment forecasting - United States

Quality of work life - United States

Wages - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and background -- Good jobs : basic facts and trends over time -- Job quality and volatility : how do they affect worker earnings? -- Job quality and volatility in metropolitan areas : a tale of two (kinds of) cities -- Good jobs and employer dynamics -- Conclusion and policy implications.