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Acceleration
Accretion (astrophysics)
Accretion disk
Age of the universe
Angular momentum
Astronomer
Astrophysics
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Binary star
Black body
Black hole
Black-body radiation
Blazar
Calculation
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Chandrasekhar limit
Circular orbit
Compact star
Doppler effect
Eddington luminosity
Energy
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Escape velocity
Event horizon
Galactic Center
Galaxy rotation curve
General relativity
Globular cluster
Gravitational collapse
Gravitational redshift
Gravitational wave
Gravity
Hawking radiation
Intermediate-mass black hole
Interstellar medium
Kerr metric
Kinetic energy
Luminosity
Magnetic field
Measurement
Milky Way
Neutrino
Neutron
Neutron star
Orbit
Orbital period
Photon
Quantity
Quantum mechanics
Quasar
Radiation pressure
Redshift
Roche lobe
Schwarzschild radius
Solar mass
Star
Star cluster
Star formation
Stellar black hole
Stellar evolution
Stellar mass
Superluminal motion
Supermassive black hole
Supernova
Temperature
Tidal force
Viscosity
Wavelength
White dwarf
Wormhole
X-ray
X-ray binary
X-ray source
Product details
- ISBN 9780691148823
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
- Publication Date: 31 Aug 2014
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Emitting no radiation or any other kind of information, black holes mark the edge of the universe--both physically and in our scientific understanding. Yet astronomers have found clear evidence for the existence of black holes, employing the same tools and techniques used to explore other celestial objects. In this sophisticated introduction, leading astronomer Charles Bailyn goes behind the theory and physics of black holes to describe how astronomers are observing these enigmatic objects and developing a remarkably detailed picture of what they look like and how they interact with their surroundings. Accessible to undergraduates and others with some knowledge of introductory college-level physics, this book presents the techniques used to identify and measure the mass and spin of celestial black holes. These key measurements demonstrate the existence of two kinds of black holes, those with masses a few times that of a typical star, and those with masses comparable to whole galaxies--supermassive black holes. The book provides a detailed account of the nature, formation, and growth of both kinds of black holes.
The book also describes the possibility of observing theoretically predicted phenomena such as gravitational waves, wormholes, and Hawking radiation. A cutting-edge introduction to a subject that was once on the border between physics and science fiction, this book shows how black holes are becoming routine objects of empirical scientific study.
Charles D. Bailyn is the A. Bartlett Giamatti Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Yale University. He is currently serving as dean of faculty at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. He was awarded the 2009 Bruno Rossi Prize from the American Astronomical Society for his work on measuring the masses of black holes.
