The Galactic black hole
Subtitle: lectures on general relativity and astrophysics
By: edited by Heino Falcke and Friedrich W. Hehl
Contributors: Falcke, Heino, 1966-; Hehl, F. W. 1937-
Series: Series in high energy physics, cosmology and gravitation
Publisher: Institute of Physics Pub.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bristol; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy); Milky Way
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. General introduction. The Schwarzschild black hole: a general relativistic introduction / Christian Heinicke and Friedrich W. Helhl; title: The Milky Way: structure, constituents and evolution / Susanne Hüttemeister; title: The collapse to a black hole / Gernot Neugebauer; title: The environment of the Galaxy's central black hole / Mark R. Morris; title: pt. 2. General relativity and black holes. Particles and fields near black holes / Valeri Frolov; title: Close encounters of black holes / Domenico Giulini; title: Quantum aspects of black holes / Claus Kiefer; title: pt. 3. Our galactic center. The mass of the galactic Center black hole / Andreas Eckert; title: Stars and singularities: stellar phenomena near a massive black hole / Tal Alexander; title: Black hole accretion models for the galactic center / Robert F. Coker; title: Radio and x-ray emission from the galactic black hole / Heino Falcke