Following a short account of the history of the idea of black holes, we present a review of the current status of the search for observational evidence of their existence aimed at an audience of relativists rather than astronomers or astrophysicists. We focus on two different regimes: that of stellar-mass black holes and that of black holes with the masses of galactic nuclei.

Astrophysical evidence for the existence of black holes / Celotti, Anna Lisa; Miller, John; Sciama, D. W.. - In: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY. - ISSN 0264-9381. - 16:12A(1999), pp. 3-21. [10.1088/0264-9381/16/12A/301]

Astrophysical evidence for the existence of black holes

Celotti, Anna Lisa;Miller, John;
1999-01-01

Abstract

Following a short account of the history of the idea of black holes, we present a review of the current status of the search for observational evidence of their existence aimed at an audience of relativists rather than astronomers or astrophysicists. We focus on two different regimes: that of stellar-mass black holes and that of black holes with the masses of galactic nuclei.
1999
16
12A
3
21
Celotti, Anna Lisa; Miller, John; Sciama, D. W.
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