Frequently Asked Questions for Astronomy 2201

These questions relate to the theory of relativity and black holes.

Questions about binary stars
What are models of X-ray binaries as black holes?
What are some candidate black holes?
What is the theory of relativity?
Why can nothing travel faster than the speed of light?
What is the Equivalence Principle?
What happens to space-time around a massive object like a black hole?
What is a gravitational lens?
What is the structure of a simple black hole?
What is different about a rotating black hole?
What are X-ray and Gamma-ray stars?
What are Gamma-ray bursters?

Some interesting links to elsewhere

Lecture Notes from Astro 102 at the Univ. of Rochester by Dan Watson
Virtual trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars by Robert Nemiroff
HST probes the Workings of A Stellar Hydrogen Bomb
HST observations of the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy NGC 4261.
HST observations of the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy M87.
John Blondin's pages at NCSU


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