The shadow of black holes : an analytic description / Arne Grenzebach.

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...

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Main Author: Grenzebach, Arne (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Switzerland : Springer, 2016.
Series:SpringerBriefs in physics.
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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.