Dynamics of Extremal Black Holes

• Main Author: Aretakis, Stefanos (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Mathematical Physics, 33
• Subjects: Gravitation.; Mathematical physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Mathematical Physics.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

This Brief presents in a self-contained, non-technical and illustrative fashion the state-of-the-art results and techniques for the dynamics of extremal black holes. Extremal black holes are, roughly speaking, either maximally rotating or maximally charged. Astronomical observations suggest that nea...