Black Holes: Theory and Observation - Proceedings of the 179th W.E. Heraeus Seminar Held at Bad Honnef, Germany, 18-22 August 1997

This book addresses graduate students in the first place and is meant as a modern compendium to the existing texts on black hole astrophysics. The authors present in pedagogically written articles our present knowledge on black holes covering mathematical models including numerical aspects and physics and astronomical observations as well. In addition, in their write-up of a panel discussion the participants of the school address the existence of black holes consenting that it has by now been verified with certainty.

List of contents

Overview.- Observations, Astrophysics.- Classical General Relativity.- Beyond Classical General Relativity.- Thermodynamics.- Quantum Theory.- Panel Discussion.

About the author

Claus Kiefer studierte Physik und Astronomie an den Universitäten Heidelberg und Wien. Er promovierte 1988 in Heidelberg über den Begriff der inneren Zeit in der kanonischen Quantentheorie der Gravitation, habilitierte sich 1995 und lehrte an den Universitäten Zürich und Freiburg. Längere Aufenthalte unter anderem an der University of Cambridge, der Université de Montpellier und dem Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin. Seit 2001 ist er Professor für Theoretische Physik an der Universität zu Köln.

Report

From the reviews
"... a broad comprehensive introduction and up-to-date overview of all main aspects of black hole physics are given in this volume."
Review of Astonomical Tools, 1999

Product details

• Assisted by: Friedrich W Hehl (Editor), Friedrich W. Hehl (Editor), Ralph J K Metzler (Editor), Clau Kiefer (Editor), Claus Kiefer (Editor), Ralph J. K. Metzler (Editor), Ralph J.K. Metzler (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2001
• EAN: 9783540651581
• ISBN: 978-3-540-65158-1
• No. of pages: 519
• Weight: 1038 g
• Illustrations: XV, 519 p. 108 illus., 2 illus. in color.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics; Lecture Notes in Physics
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy