Black holes
4 Citations•2001•
B. Brügmann, A. Ghez, J. Greiner
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The observational challenges that were met to show that a supermassive black hole exists at the center of the authors' galaxy are discussed and numerical simulations have become possible for the merger of black hole binaries.
Abstract
Recent progress in black hole research is illustrated by three examples. We discuss the observational challenges that were met to show that a supermassive black hole exists at the center of our galaxy. Stellar-size black holes have been studied in x-ray binaries and microquasars. Finally, numerical simulations have become possible for the merger of black hole binaries.