Astrophysical Black Holes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Haardt, Francesco (Editor), Gorini, Vittorio (Editor), Moschella, Ugo (Editor), Treves, Aldo (Editor), Colpi, Monica (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 905
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Astrophysics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

Based on graduate school lectures in contemporary relativity and gravitational physics, this book gives a complete and unified picture of the present status of theoretical and observational properties of astrophysical black holes. The chapters are written by internationally recognized specialists. T...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• An introduction to astrophysical black holes and their dynamical Production
• Warp propagation in astrophysical discs
• The balance of power: accretion and feedback in stellar mass black Holes
•  Observing Supermassive Black Holes across cosmic time: from phenomenology to physics
• Orbital Motion in Galactic Nuclei
• Star Formation and Dynamics in the Galactic Centre
• The effective-one-body approach to the general relativistic two body problem
• Index.