Geometry of Black Holes

Black holes present one of the most fascinating predictions of Einstein's general relativity, with strong evidence of their existence through observations of many means. The book provides a wide background to the current research on all mathematical aspects of the geometry of black hole spacetimes.

List of contents

• PART I GLOBAL LORENTZIAN GEOMETRY


• 1: Basic notions


• 2: Elements of causality


• 3: Some applications


• PART II BLACK HOLES


• 4: An introduction to black holes


• 5: Further selected solutions


• 6: Extensions, conformal diagrams


• 7: Projection diagrams


• 8: Dynamical black holes


• Appendices


• References


• Index

About the author

Univ. Prof. Dr. Piotr T. Chruściel is Professor of Gravitational Physics and Head of the Gravitational Physics Group, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Austria.

Summary

Black holes present one of the most fascinating predictions of Einstein's general relativity, with strong evidence of their existence through observations of many means. The book provides a wide background to the current research on all mathematical aspects of the geometry of black hole spacetimes.

Additional text

Including some very interesting and unique material, the book is written in a manner that will be accessible for students, and provide a valuable resource for experts working in mathematical general relativity.

Product details

• Authors: Piotr T. (Professor of Gravitational Ph Chrusciel, Piotr T. Chruściel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.2020
• EAN: 9780198855415
• ISBN: 978-0-19-885541-5
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: International Series of Monographs on Physics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Astrophysics, Gravity, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, MATHEMATICS / Geometry / Differential, SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics, Theoretical & mathematical astronomy, Mathematical physics, Differential & Riemannian geometry, Theoretical and mathematical astronomy, SCIENCE / Physics / Gravity, Differential and Riemannian geometry, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics