What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn |
Autore | Bailyn Charles D. |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.8/875 |
Collana | Princeton Frontiers in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Black holes (Astronomy)
Astrophysics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Bondi-Hoyle accretion
Hawking radiation John Archibald Wheeler Kerr black hole Schwarzschild black hole X-ray astronomy X-ray detectors X-ray sources accretion disk accretion disks accretion energy accretion flows accretion accretor mass active galactic nuclei astronomical literature astronomical objects astronomy binary star system black hole evolution black hole formation black holes celestial sources collimated emission beams event horizon event horizons galaxy gas flow geometry general relativity gravitational physics gravitational potential energy gravitational radiation gravitational waves infalling material innermost stable circular orbit intermediate-mass black holes jets kinetic energy light travel luminosity mass infall rate merging black holes multiverses nonspinning black hole observational astrophysics optical stars outflows quantum mechanics quasars quasi-stellar objects radiation relativity scientific study singularities spinning black hole star stellar evolution stellar-mass black holes supermassive black holes supernova explosions supernovae theoretical physics wormholes |
ISBN | 1-4008-5056-8 |
Classificazione | US 2200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing Black Holes: Event Horizons and Singularities -- 2. Accretion onto a Black Hole -- 3. Outflows and Jets -- 4. Stellar-Mass Black Holes -- 5. Supermassive Black Holes -- 6. Formation and Evolution of Black Holes -- 7. Do Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Exist? -- 8. Black Hole Spin -- 9. Detecting Black Holes through -- 10. Black Hole Exotica -- Glossary -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786656903321 |
Bailyn Charles D. | ||
Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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What does a black hole look like? / / Charles D. Bailyn |
Autore | Bailyn Charles D. |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina | 523.8/875 |
Collana | Princeton Frontiers in Physics |
Soggetto topico |
Black holes (Astronomy)
Astrophysics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Bondi-Hoyle accretion
Hawking radiation John Archibald Wheeler Kerr black hole Schwarzschild black hole X-ray astronomy X-ray detectors X-ray sources accretion disk accretion disks accretion energy accretion flows accretion accretor mass active galactic nuclei astronomical literature astronomical objects astronomy binary star system black hole evolution black hole formation black holes celestial sources collimated emission beams event horizon event horizons galaxy gas flow geometry general relativity gravitational physics gravitational potential energy gravitational radiation gravitational waves infalling material innermost stable circular orbit intermediate-mass black holes jets kinetic energy light travel luminosity mass infall rate merging black holes multiverses nonspinning black hole observational astrophysics optical stars outflows quantum mechanics quasars quasi-stellar objects radiation relativity scientific study singularities spinning black hole star stellar evolution stellar-mass black holes supermassive black holes supernova explosions supernovae theoretical physics wormholes |
ISBN | 1-4008-5056-8 |
Classificazione | US 2200 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introducing Black Holes: Event Horizons and Singularities -- 2. Accretion onto a Black Hole -- 3. Outflows and Jets -- 4. Stellar-Mass Black Holes -- 5. Supermassive Black Holes -- 6. Formation and Evolution of Black Holes -- 7. Do Intermediate-Mass Black Holes Exist? -- 8. Black Hole Spin -- 9. Detecting Black Holes through -- 10. Black Hole Exotica -- Glossary -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817229703321 |
Bailyn Charles D. | ||
Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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