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The Galactic Black Hole <br />
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The supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way is the nearest such <br />
object and relatively easy to observe and study. Not surprisingly therefore, it <br />
is the best studied supermassive black hole. Many astrophysical and even general <br />
relativistic effects can be investigated in great detail. The Galactic Black <br />
Hole: Lectures on General Relativity and Astrophysics provides a systematic <br />
introduction to the physics/astrophysics and mathematics of black holes at a <br />
level suitable for graduate students, postdocs, and researchers in physics, <br />
astrophysics, astronomy, and applied mathematics. The focus is mainly on the <br />
supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way but the results can be <br />
easily generalized taking it as an example. Leading international experts <br />
provide first-hand accounts of the observational and theoretical aspects of this <br />
black hole. Topics range from the properties of the Schwarzschild metric and the <br />
collapse of a black hole, to quantum gravity, and from the structure of the <br />
Galaxy to accretion of matter and the emission properties of the Galactic Center <br />
black hole. <br />
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Table Of Contents<br />
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Table of Contents<br />
Preface <br />
Pt. 1 General introduction 1<br />
1 The Schwarzschild black hole: a general relativistic introduction <br />
3<br />
2 The Milky Way: structure, constituents and evolution 35<br />
3 The collapse to a black hole 72<br />
4 The environment of the Galaxy's central black hole 95<br />
Pt. 2 General relativity and black holes 123<br />
5 Particles and fields near black holes 125<br />
6 Close encounters of black holes 178<br />
7 Quantum aspects of black holes 207<br />
Pt. 3 Our galactic center 227<br />
8 The mass of the Galactic Center black hole 229<br />
9 Stars and singularities: stellar phenomena near a massive black hole <br />
246<br />
10 Black hole accretion models for the Galactic Center 276<br />
11 Radio and X-ray emission from the Galactic Black Hole 310<br />
A. List of authors 343<br />
B. Units and constants 346<br />
Index 349<br />
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Product Details<br />
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* ISBN: 0750308370<br />
* ISBN-13: 9780750308373<br />
* Format: Paperback, 256pp<br />
* Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.<br />
* Pub. Date: January 2003<br />
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