Small, dark, and heavy: But is it a black hole?
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-02-16 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Astronomers have certainly observed things that are small, dark, and heavy. But are these objects really black holes in the sense of general relativity? The consensus opinion is simply "yes", and there is very little "wriggle room". We discuss one of the specific alternatives.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0902.0346,
title = {Small, dark, and heavy: But is it a black hole?},
author = {Matt Visser and Carlos Barcelo and Stefano Liberati and Sebastiano Sonego},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.0346},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
17 pages, 8 figures. Technical seminar at the workshop "Black Holes in General Relativity and String Theory", 24-30 August, 2008, Veli Losinj, Croatia; V2: one reference added