Physics of Black Holes: A Guided Tour (Lecture Notes in Physics (769))

"Black Holes are still considered to be among the most mysterious and fascinating objects in our universe. Awaiting the era of gravitational astronomy, much progress in theoretical modeling and understanding of classical and quantum black holes has already been achieved. The present volume serves as a tutorial, high-level guided tour through the black-hole landscape: information paradox and blackhole thermodynamics, numerical simulations of black-hole formation and collisions, braneworld scenarios and stability of black holes with respect to perturbations are treated in great detail, as is their possible occurrence at the LHC. An outgrowth of a topical and tutorial summer school, this extensive set of carefully edited notes has been set up with the aim of constituting an advanced-level, multi-authored textbook which meets the needs of both postgraduate students and young researchers in the fields of modern cosmology, astrophysics and (quantum) field theory."--Publisher's description This Volume Serves As A Tutorial, High-level Guided Tour Through The Black Hole Landscape: Information Paradox And Blackhole Thermodynamics, Numerical Simulations Of Black Hole Formation And Collisions, Braneworld Scenarios And Stability Of Black Holes With Respect To Perturbations Are Treated In Great Detail. Black Holes And Their Properties -- What Exactly Is The Information Paradox? / S.d. Mathur -- Classical Yang-mills Black Hole Hair In Anti-de Sitter Space / W. Winstanley -- Black Hole Thermodynamics And Statistical Mechanics / S. Carlip -- Colliding Black Holes And Gravitational Waves / U. Sperhake -- Numerical Simulations Of Black Hole Formation / N. Stergioulas -- Higher-dimensional Black Holes -- Black Holes In Higher-dimensional Gravity / N.a. Obers -- Braneworld Black Holes / R. Gregory -- Higher Order Gravity Theories And Their Black Hole Solutions / C. Charmousis -- Gravitational Waves From Braneworld Black Holes / S.s. Seahra -- Black Holes At The Large Hadron Collider / P. Kanti -- Perturbations Of Black Holes -- Perturbations And Stability Of Higher-dimensional Black Holes / H. Kodama -- Analytic Calculation Of Quasi-normal Modes / G. Siopsis. Edited By E. Papantonopoulos. Conference Proceedings. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter....Pages I-XVI Front Matter....Pages 1-1 What Exactly is the Information Paradox?....Pages 3-48 Classical Yang–Mills Black Hole Hair in Anti-de Sitter Space....Pages 49-87 Black Hole Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics....Pages 89-123 Colliding Black Holes and Gravitational Waves....Pages 125-175 Numerical Simulations of Black Hole Formation....Pages 177-208 Front Matter....Pages 209-209 Black Holes in Higher-Dimensional Gravity....Pages 211-258 Braneworld Black Holes....Pages 259-298 Higher Order Gravity Theories and Their Black Hole Solutions....Pages 299-346 Gravitational Waves from Braneworld Black Holes....Pages 347-386 Black Holes at the Large Hadron Collider....Pages 387-423 Front Matter....Pages 425-425 Perturbations and Stability of Higher-Dimensional Black Holes....Pages 427-470 Analytic Calculation of Quasi-Normal Modes....Pages 471-508 Back Matter....Pages 509-511 Black Holes are still considered to be among the most mysterious and fascinating objects in our universe. This book offers information on black hole thermodynamics, numerical simulations of black hole formation and collisions. It is suitable for both postgraduate students and young researchers in the fields of modern cosmology, and astrophysics.