Observational Evidence for Black Holes in the Universe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Accretion Disc Theory: From the Standard Model until Advection

   • G. S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan

   Pages 1-18

3. Accretion Disks around Black Holes: Twenty Five Years Later

   • Sandip K. Chakrabarti

   Pages 19-48

4. Viscosity in Accretion Disks

   • Paul J. Wiita

   Pages 49-60

5. Shock Formation in Adiabatic Accretion Flows around a Kerr Black Hole

   • Ju-Fu Lu

   Pages 61-72

6. Rotating Accretion Flows near a Black Hole: A Numerical Study

   • Dongsu Ryu

   Pages 73-82

7. Simulations of Shocks with Smoothed Particles Hydrodynamics Method

   • D. Molteni, G. Gerardi, M. A. Valenza, G. Lanzafame

   Pages 83-104

8. Nucleosynthesis in Advective Accretion Disks around Galactic and Extra-Galactic Black Holes

   • B. Mukhopadhyay

   Pages 105-112

9. Computation of Mass-Outflow Rates from Advective Accretion Disks around Black Holes

   • Tapas K. Das

   Pages 113-122

10. Black Hole Solutions of Einstein’s Equations an Overview

    • T. Zannias

    Pages 123-140

11. Water Mega Masers in NGC4258

    • M. Miyoshi

    Pages 141-156

12. Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei

    • Luis C. Ho

    Pages 157-186

13. Tidal Disruption of a Star by a Massive Black Hole

    • Hyung Mok Lee

    Pages 187-201

14. Multifrequency Monitoring of Blazars

    • Leo O. Takalo

    Pages 203-208

15. The OJ287 Supermassive Binary Black Hole Model and the New Unified Scheme for the AGNS

    • Aimo K. Sillanpää

    Pages 209-214

16. High Energy Gamma-Ray Emission from Blazars: Egret Observations

    • R. Mukherjee

    Pages 215-230

17. Strong Gravity and X-ray Spectroscopy

    • A. Maciołek-Niedźwiecki, P. Magdziarz

    Pages 231-240

18. My Involvement in the Early Years of Radio Astronomy

    • M. K. Das Gupta

    Pages 241-246

19. Radio Observations of Active Galactic Nuclei: Evidence for Disks and Black Holes

    • D. J. Saikia

    Pages 247-264

20. High Proper Motion Stars in the Vicinity of Sgr A*: Evidence for a Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of Our Galaxy

    • A. M. Ghez, B. L. Klein, M. Morris, E. E. Becklin

    Pages 265-278

A conference on `Observational Evidence for Black Holes in the Universe' was held in Calcutta during January 10-17, 1998. This was the first time that experts had gathered to debate and discuss topics such as: Should black holes exist? If so, how to detect them? Have we found them? This book is the essence of this gathering.
Black holes are enigmatic objects since it is impossible to locate them through direct observations. State-of-the-art theoretical works and numerical simulations have given us enough clues of what to look for. Observations, from both ground and space-based missions, have been able to find these tell-tale signatures. This book is a compendium of our present knowledge about these theories and observations. Combined, they give a thorough idea of whether black holes, galactic as well as extragalactic, have been detected or not. Forty-one experts of the subject have contributed to this volume to make it the most comprehensive to date.

• Accretion
• Galaxy
• astronomy
• best fit
• simulation

`There are a few good review articles in this proceedings, most being suitable for anyone working on the observtional signature of accretion flows. ... I would recommend your library to purchase a copy, if only to help researchers in the field to understand the underlying principles behind the papers published by this school of thought.'
The Observatory, 119

• S.N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Calcutta, India

  Sandip K. Chakrabarti

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