The Shadow of Black Holes An Analytic Description /

• Main Author: Grenzebach, Arne (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Mathematical physics.; Gravitation.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Mathematical Physics.

This book introduces an analytic method to describe the shadow of black holes. As an introduction, it presents a survey of the attempts to observe the shadow of galactic black holes. Based on a detailed discussion of the Plebański–Demiański class of space-times, the book derives analytical formulas...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Plebanski-Demianski Class of Black Hole Spacetimes
• Photon Regions Around Black Holes
• The Shadow of Black Holes
• Conclusions
• Figure Parameters
• Isometries
• Bibliography.