New Frontiers in Black Hole Astrophysics (IAU S324)

A fresh review of black hole research, including such topics as gamma ray bursts, tidal disruption events, and active galactic nuclei.

Andreja Gomboc (Edited by)

9781107169944, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 July 2017

350 pages, 110 b/w illus. 20 tables
25.4 x 18 x 1.7 cm, 0.77 kg

Black holes lie at the heart of some of the most fascinating astrophysical phenomena. IAU Symposium 324 marked the 100th anniversary of Schwarzschild's solution of Einstein's field equations predicting the existence of black holes. Our understanding of black holes has come an impressively long way since then, with the last major discovery being coalescing black holes producing gravitational waves, also predicted in 1916. In this volume, observational and theoretical experts discuss the current state-of-the-art in the astrophysics of black-hole systems and their exploitation in testing fundamental theories of physics. Topics span a wide range and include a historical review, the similarity and diversity of black hole systems, gamma ray bursts, tidal disruption events, active galactic nuclei, black hole systems as multi-messenger sources, and the opening of new observational horizons. This fresh review is especially useful to researchers and graduate students engaged in these exciting fields.

1. Similarity and diversity of Black Hole systems
2. Gamma ray bursts
3. Tidal disruption events
4. Active galactic nuclei
5. Tests of fundamental theories of physics using Black Hole systems
6. Technology drivers and future capabilities.

Subject Areas: Astrophysics [PHVB], Cosmology & the universe [PGK], Astronomy, space & time [PG]