Black Hole Physics: Basic Concepts and New Developments (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Preface. I. Basic Concepts. 1. Introduction: Brief History of Black Hole Physics. 2. Spherically Symmetric Black Holes. 3. Rotating Black Holes. 4. Black Hole Perturbations; (with N. Andersson). 5. General Properties of Black Holes. 6. Stationary Black Holes. 7. Physical Effects in the Gravitational Field of a Black Hole. 8. Black Hole Electrodynamics. 9. Astrophysics of Black Holes. II. Further Developments. 10. Quantum Particle Creation by Black Holes. 11. Quantum Physics of Black Holes. 12. Thermodynamics of Black Holes. 13. Black Holes in Unified Theories. 14. The Interior of a Black Hole. 15. Ultimate Fate of Black and White Holes. 16. Black Holes, Wormholes, and Time Machines. Conclusions. Appendices: A: Mathematical Formulas. B: Spherically Symmetric Spacetimes. C: Rindler Frame in Minkowski Spacetime. D: Kerr-Newman Geometry. E: Newman-Penrose Formalism. F: Wave Fields in a Curved Spacetime. G: Wave Fields in the Kerr Metric. H: Quantum Fields in Kerr Spacetime. I: Quantum Oscillator. Bibliography. Index.