Valeri P. Frolov (Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edm, Andrei Zelnikov (Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmo

Introduction to Black Hole Physics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What is a black hole? How many of them are in our Universe? Can black holes be created in a laboratory or in particle colliders? Can objects similar to black holes be used for space and time travel? This book discusses these and many other questions providing the reader with the tools required to explore the Black Hole Land independently.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 506
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 169mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9780198729112
• ISBN-10: 0198729111
• Artikelnr.: 42396245

Autorenporträt

Valeri Frolov is Killam Memorial Chair and Professor of Physics at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Andrei Zelnikov is Research Associate at the Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Black Holes: Big Picture
2: Physics in a Uniformly Accelerated Frame
3: Riemannian Geometry
4: Particle Motion in Curved Spacetime
5: Einstein Equations
6: Spherically Symmetric Black Holes
7: Particles and Light Motion in Schwarzschild Spacetime
8: Rotating Black Holes
9: Classical and Quantum Fields near Black Holes
10: Black Holes and All That Jazz
A: Fundamental Constants and Units
B: Gauss-Codazzi Equations
C: Conformal Transformations
D: Hidden Symmetries
E: Boundary Term for the Einstein-Hilbert Action
F: Quantum Fields