The shadow of black holes [electronic resource] : an analytic description / Arne Grenzebach.
Grenzebach, Arne, author.
2016
QB843.B55
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Title The shadow of black holes [electronic resource] : an analytic description / Arne Grenzebach.
Author Grenzebach, Arne, author.
ISBN 9783319300665 (electronic book)
3319300660 (electronic book)
9783319300658
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30066-5
Published Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxi, 90 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-30066-5 doi
Call Number QB843.B55
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.8/875
Summary 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 for the photon regions and for the boundary curve of the shadow as seen by an observer in the domain of outer communication. It also analyzes how the shadow depends on the motion of the observer. For all cases, the photon regions and shadows are visualized for various values of the parameters. Finally, it considers how the analytical formulas can be used for calculating the horizontal and vertical angular diameters of the shadow, and estimates values for the black holes at the centers of our Galaxy near Sgr A* and of the neighboring galaxy M87.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 10, 2016).
Series SpringerBriefs in physics.
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Introduction
The Plebanski-Demianski Class of Black Hole Spacetimes
Photon Regions Around Black Holes
The Shadow of Black Holes
Conclusions
Figure Parameters
Isometries
Bibliography.

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