Recent Developments in Black Holes Physics and Astrophysics
DIPC Seminars
- Speaker
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Jean-Pierre Luminet
- When
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2014/01/30
12:00 - Place
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC).Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal, 4 (nearby the Facultad de Quimica), Donostia
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Our understanding of space and time is probed to its depths by black holes.
These objects, which appear as a natural consequence of general relativity,
provide a powerful tool able to examine macroscopic and microscopic properties
of the universe. I shall present the basic concepts of black hole’s theory,
as well as a description of the astronomical sites where black holes are
suspected to lie, namely binary X—ray sources and galactic nuclei.
Spectacular high energy phenomena already predicted by theorerical models,
such as the destruction of stars by giant black holes or high-velocity black
holes wandering in space, are now currently observed by space telescopes and
provide a better understanding of the most fascinating objects of modern
astrophysics.