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arxiv: astro-ph/9801252 · v1 · submitted 1998-01-26 · 🌌 astro-ph · gr-qc

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Black Holes : A General Introduction

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Our understanding of space and time is probed to its depths by black holes. These objects, which appear as a natural consequence of general relativity, provide a powerful analytical tool able to examine macroscopic and microscopic properties of the universe. This introductory article presents in a pictorial way the basic concepts of black hole's theory, as well as a description of the astronomical sites where black holes are suspected to lie, namely binary X-ray sources and galactic nuclei.

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