Fundamental Concepts
High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
2020-08-18 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
This chapter briefly discusses the fundamental properties of black holes in general relativity, the discovery of astrophysical black holes and their main astronomical observations, how X-ray and -ray facilities can study these objects, and ends with a list of open problems and future developments in the field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1810.07032,
title = {Fundamental Concepts},
author = {Cosimo Bambi and Sourabh Nampalliwar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.07032},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
14 pages, 4 figures. To appear in "Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy: Data Reduction and Analysis" (Ed. C. Bambi, Springer Singapore, 2020). v2: fixed some typos and updated some parts. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1711.10256