Dynamics of Extremal Black Holes

by Stefanos Aretakis

This Brief presents in a self-contained, non-technical and illustrative fashion the state-of-the-art results and techniques for the dynamics of extremal black holes. Extremal black holes are, roughly speaking, either maximally rotating or maximally charged. Astronomical observations suggest that near-extremal (stellar or supermassive) black holes are ubiquitous in the universe. The book presents various recently discovered characteristic phenomena...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319951823
• ISBN13: 9783319951829
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"