Rotating black holes, as described by the Kerr space-time, are the key to understanding the most violent and energetic phenomena in the Universe, from the core collapse of massive supernova explosions producing powerful bursts of gamma rays, to supermassive black hole engines that power quasars and other active galactic nuclei. This book is a unique, comprehensive overview of the Kerr space-time, with original contributions and historical accounts from researchers who have pioneered the theory and observation of black holes, and Roy Kerr's own description of his 1963 discovery. It covers all aspects of rotating black holes, from mathematical relativity to astrophysical applications and observations, and current theoretical frontiers. This book provides an excellent introduction and survey of the Kerr space-time for researchers and graduate students across the spectrum of observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics.
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A unique, comprehensive overview of the Kerr space-time this book provides an excellent introduction for researchers and graduate students in observational and theoretical astrophysics, general relativity, and high-energy physics. It contains original contributions and historical accounts from pioneers in the theory and observation of black holes, including Roy Kerr.
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Matt Visser is Professor of Mathematics at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has published widely in the areas of general relativity, quantum field theory, and theoretical cosmology. He is best known for his contributions to the theory of traversable wormholes, chronology protection, and analogue spacetimes.
David Wiltshire is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research has spanned many areas in general relativity and cosmology, including black holes in higher-dimensional gravity, brane worlds, quantum cosmology, dark energy and the averaging problem in inhomogeneous cosmology.
Susan Scott is Associate Professor in the Centre for Gravitational Physics at the Australian National University. She is well-known for her contributions to mathematical relativity and cosmology, and is currently President of the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation.
David Wiltshire is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. His research has spanned many areas in general relativity and cosmology, including black holes in higher-dimensional gravity, brane worlds, quantum cosmology, dark energy and the averaging problem in inhomogeneous cosmology.
Susan Scott is Associate Professor in the Centre for Gravitational Physics at the Australian National University. She is well-known for her contributions to mathematical relativity and cosmology, and is currently President of the Australasian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation.
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light bending model, suspended accretion, outer ergosurface, broad relativistic line, algebraically degenerate solutions, inner disc radius, illuminating continuum, low flux states, electrovac spacetimes, broad red wing, black hole uniqueness theorems, few gravitational radii, higher dimensional black holes, magnetized torus, emissivity profile, horizon constraints, gravitational light bending, binned version, broad iron line, ray congruence, soft excess, power law continuum, black hole solutions, photoionized gas, supersymmetric solutions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Quantum Grav, Cambridge University Press, Roy Kerr, Remo Ruffini, New York, World Scientific, Brandon Carter, Big Bang, Roger Penrose, San Francisco, University of Chicago Press, Nuovo Cimento, Matt Visser, Maximal Kerr, Fulvio Melia Fig, Steve Carlip, Alfred Schild, Marcel Grossmann Meeting, Les Houches, Oxford University Press, Milky Way, Rabcd Rabcd, Relativistic Astrophysics, Physics Today, University of Texas Browse Sample Pages:
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