In this Lecture Note we first follow a short account of the history of the black hole hypothesis. We then review on the current status of the search for astrophysical black holes with particular attention to the black holes of stellar origin. Later, we highlight a series of observations that reveal the albeit indirect presence of supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei, with mention to forthcoming experiments aimed at testing directly the black hole hypothesis. We further focus on evidences of a black hole event horizon in cosmic sources. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013.
Colpi, M. (2013). Astrophysical black holes: Evidence of a horizon?. In D. Faccio, F. Belgiorno, S. Cacciatori, V. Gorini, S. Liberati, U. Moschella (a cura di), Analogue Gravity Phenomenology: Analogue Spacetimes and Horizons, from Theory to Experiment (pp. 399-436). Springer [10.1007/978-3-319-00266-8-16].
Astrophysical black holes: Evidence of a horizon?
COLPI, MONICA
2013
Abstract
In this Lecture Note we first follow a short account of the history of the black hole hypothesis. We then review on the current status of the search for astrophysical black holes with particular attention to the black holes of stellar origin. Later, we highlight a series of observations that reveal the albeit indirect presence of supermassive black holes in galactic nuclei, with mention to forthcoming experiments aimed at testing directly the black hole hypothesis. We further focus on evidences of a black hole event horizon in cosmic sources. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013.
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