Black Hole Formation and Growth Saas-Fee Advanced Course 48. Swiss S
The ultimate proofs that black holes exist have been obtained very recently thanks to the detection of gravitational waves from their coalescence and due to material orbiting at a distance of some gravitational radii imaged by optical interferometry or X-
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Black Hole Formation and Growth Saas-Fee Advanced Course 48. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
Saas-Fee Advanced Course 48
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Black Hole Formation and Growth Saas-Fee Advanced Course 48 Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy Edited by Roland Walter, Philippe Jetzer, Lucio Mayer and Nicolas Produit
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Authors Tiziana Di Matteo McWilliams Center for Cosmology Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, USA
Volume Editors Roland Walter Department of Astronomy University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland
Andrew King Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Leicester Leicester, UK
Philippe Jetzer Physik-Institut University of Zurich Zürich, Switzerland
Neil J. Cornish Department of Physics Montana State University Bozeman, USA
Lucio Mayer Institute for Computational Science University of Zurich Zürich, Switzerland Nicolas Produit Department of Astronomy University of Geneva Geneva, Switzerland
This Series is edited on behalf of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy: Société Suisse d’Astrophysique et d’Astronomie, Observatoire de Genève, ch. des Maillettes 51, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland. ISSN 1861-7980 ISSN 1861-8227 (electronic) Saas-Fee Advanced Course ISBN 978-3-662-59798-9 ISBN 978-3-662-59799-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-59799-6 © Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87. The image shows a bright ring formed as light bends in the intense gravity around a black hole that is 6.5 billion times more massive than the Sun. Cred
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