Published October 1980
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Journal article
Space, time, and black holes
Creators
Description
A discussion of Einstein's General Relativity and how it can explain black holes is included. The key idea of general relativity being that gravitational forces are a direct outcome of local curvature of space-time. The more mass something has the deeper the depression or well it causes in space-time. Black holes are supermassive objects, hence their gravity well is so steep even light can't escape. The three properties associated with a black hole are mass angular momentum, and electric charge. Non-rotating, Schwarzchild, and rotating, Kerr, black holes are studied. A Kruskal-Szekeres diagram for each type is given and explained
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Astronomy
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Series
- Astronomy.
- Journal Page Range
- 66-71
- ISSN
- 0091-6358
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 13681968
- Subject category
- S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BLACK HOLES; ELECTRIC CHARGES; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL COLLAPSE; MASS; SPACE-TIME; WHITE HOLES
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES