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Robert M. Wald University of Chicago Press; ISBN: 0226870340 Hardcover (MArch 1998); 278 pp Ships immediately |
Experts Commentary
From Booknews: Among the authors of the dozen papers from a December
1996 symposium in Chicago are some of the brightest luminaries in astronomy,
including Kip Thorne, Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, and James Hartle.
Some address black holes and relativistic stars as astrophysical objects
and/or as objects whose structure and properties can be understood within
the framework of classical general relativity. Others consider black holes
as fundamental objects in quantum gravitational physics, and focus on
their thermodynamic properties and the possibility of information loss
in the process of black hole formation and evaporation. Two contributions
pay tribute to S. Chandrasekhar (1910-95). No index. Annotation c. by
Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Table of Contents
| Contributors | ||
| Preface | ||
| 1 | Gravitational Waves, Stars and Black Holes | 3 |
| 2 | Rotating Relativistic Stars | 23 |
| 3 | Probing Black Holes and Relativistic Stars with Gravitational Waves | 41 |
| 4 | Astrophysical Evidence for Black Holes | 79 |
| 5 | The Question of Cosmic Censorship | 103 |
| 6 | Black Hole Collisions, Toroidal Black Holes, and Numerical Relativity | 123 |
| 7 | The Internal Structure of Black Holes | 137 |
| 8 | Black Holes and Thermodynamics | 155 |
| 9 | The Statistical Mechanics of Black Hole Thermodynamics | 177 |
| 10 | Generalized Quantum Theory in Evaporating Black Hole Spacetimes | 195 |
| 11 | Is Information Lost in Black Holes? | 221 |
| 12 | Quantum States of Black Holes | 241 |
| Chandra: A Tribute | 269 | |
| Our Song | 273 |
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