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In Chapter 8 we discussed the basic physical processes of how normal matter can collapse to a radius so small that it forms an horizon and, therefore, becomes a black hole. That chapter also showed that black holes can merge and can grow by accreting material. Indeed, once formed, black holes cannot break apart; they only can grow.
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Meier, D.L. (2012). Assembling the Engine Block: Formation of Black Holes in the Universe. In: Black Hole Astrophysics. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01936-4_10
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