Introduction to black hole physics /
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
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- 1. Black Holes: Big Picture
- 2. Physics in a Uniformly Accelerated Frame
- 3. Riemannian Geometry
- 4. Particles Motion in Curved Spacetime
- 5. Einstein Equations
- 6. Spherically Symmetric Black Holes
- 7. Particles and Light Motion in Schwarzschild Spacetime
- 8. Rotating Black Holes
- 9. Classical and Quantum Fields near Black Holes
- 10. Black Holes and All That Jazz
- A. Fundamental Constants and Units
- B. Gauss-Codazzi Equations
- C. Conformal Transformations
- D. Hidden Symmetries
- E. Boundary Term for the Einstein-Hilbert Action
- F. Quantum Fields.