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100 1 _aMeier, David L.
_q(David Lawence),
_d1949-
245 1 0 _aBlack hole astrophysics :
_bthe engine paradigm /
_cDavid L. Meier.
260 _aHeidelberg [Germany] ;
_aNew York :
_bSpringer ;
_aChichester, UK :
_bPublished in association with Praxis Pub.,
_cc2012.
300 _axxxi, 927 p. :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c24 cm.
490 1 _aSpringer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 867-881) and indexes.
505 0 0 _tObservations of black hole engines:
_tRecognizing black holes ;
_tMacroquasars : supermassive black holes in the centers of galaxies ;
_tMicroquasars : black holes (and neutron stars) of stellar mass in our galaxy ;
_tMiniquasars : elusive black holes of intermediate mass --
_tPhysics of black hole engines:
_tPhysics in everyday life : a review of Newtonian mechanics ;
_tGeometry and physics without gravity : special relativity ;
_tPhysics in curved spacetime : general relativity and black holes ;
_tFour-dimensional evolving geometry : gravitational waves and gravitational collapse ;
_tNuts and bolts of the black hole engine : general relativistic mechanics --
_tAstrophysics of black hole engines:
_tAssembling the engine block : formation of black holes in the universe ;
_tFueling and carburetion : breakup and accretion of stars and gas clouds ;
_tThe combustion chamber : energy generation by gravitational accretion ;
_tThe thermal exhaust system : radiation- and thermally-driven winds and jets ;
_tThe non-thermal exhaust system I : rotating magnetospheres that drive the turbo exhaust ;
_tThe non-thermal exhaust system II : magnetic winds and jets --
_tPutting it all together : Black hole engines of all sizes -- Appendices.
650 0 _aBlack holes (Astronomy)
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
830 0 _aSpringer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences.
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