scholarly journals Seeking observational evidence for the formation of trapping horizons in astrophysical black holes

2018 ◽  
Vol 97 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl Carballo-Rubio ◽  
Pawan Kumar ◽  
Wenbin Lu
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Trapping Horizons

AGN and the necessity of feedback

2005 ◽  
Vol 363 (1828) ◽  
pp. 695-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Benson
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Star Formation ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Supermassive Black Holes ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Theoretical Studies ◽  
Feedback Process ◽  
Low Mass

There is now good observational evidence that some type of feedback process must operate within galaxies. Such a process has long been thought to exist on the basis of theoretical studies of galaxy formation. This feedback is responsible for regulating the rate of star formation and thereby preventing the formation of an overabundance of low–mass galaxies. There is gathering evidence that this feedback process must somehow involve the supermassive black holes thought to dwell in the centres of galaxies.

scholarly journals Observational evidence for intermediate-mass black holes

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 1730021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mar Mezcua
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Galaxy Formation ◽  
Globular Clusters ◽  
High Redshift ◽  
Galactic Nuclei ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Intermediate Mass ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Mass Scaling ◽  
Intermediate Mass Black Holes

Intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), with masses in the range [Formula: see text]–[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]M[Formula: see text], are the link between stellar-mass BHs and supermassive BHs (SMBHs). They are thought to be the seeds from which SMBHs grow, which would explain the existence of quasars with BH masses of up to 10[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]M[Formula: see text] when the Universe was only 0.8 Gyr old. The detection and study of IMBHs has thus strong implications for understanding how SMBHs form and grow, which is ultimately linked to galaxy formation and growth, as well as for studies of the universality of BH accretion or the epoch of reionization. Proving the existence of seed BHs in the early Universe is not yet feasible with the current instrumentation; however, those seeds that did not grow into SMBHs can be found as IMBHs in the nearby Universe. In this review, I summarize the different scenarios proposed for the formation of IMBHs and gather all the observational evidence for the few hundreds of nearby IMBH candidates found in dwarf galaxies, globular clusters, and ultraluminous X-ray sources, as well as the possible discovery of a few seed BHs at high redshift. I discuss some of their properties, such as X-ray weakness and location in the BH mass scaling relations, and the possibility to discover IMBHs through high velocity clouds, tidal disruption events, gravitational waves, or accretion disks in active galactic nuclei. I finalize with the prospects for the detection of IMBHs with up-coming observatories.

scholarly journals Observational evidence for stellar-mass black holes

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (S238) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Casares
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Mass Spectrum ◽  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Stellar Mass ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
X Ray ◽  
History Of ◽  
X Ray Binaries ◽  
Dynamical Masses

AbstractRadial velocity studies of X-ray binaries provide the most solid evidence for the existence of stellar-mass black holes. We currently have 20 confirmed cases, with dynamical masses in excess of 3 M⊙. Accurate masses have been obtained for a subset of systems which gives us a hint at the mass spectrum of the black hole population. This review summarizes the history of black hole discoveries and presents the latest results in the field.

scholarly journals A Note on the Observational Evidence for the Existence of Event Horizons in Astrophysical Black Hole Candidates

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cosimo Bambi
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Electromagnetic Radiation ◽  
Event Horizon ◽  
Observational Evidence ◽  
Short Paper ◽  
Event Horizons ◽  
Internal Region ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Black Hole Candidates

Black holes have the peculiar and intriguing property of having an event horizon, a one-way membrane causally separating their internal region from the rest of the Universe. Today, astrophysical observations provide some evidence for the existence of event horizons in astrophysical black hole candidates. In this short paper, I compare the constraint we can infer from the nonobservation of electromagnetic radiation from the putative surface of these objects with the bound coming from the ergoregion instability, pointing out the respective assumptions and limitations.

scholarly journals SPHERICALLY SYMMETRIC TRAPPING HORIZONS, THE MISNER–SHARP MASS AND BLACK HOLE EVAPORATION

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (28n29) ◽  
pp. 5261-5285 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEX B. NIELSEN ◽  
DONG-HAN YEOM
Keyword(s):  
Black Holes ◽  
Black Hole ◽  
Causal Structure ◽  
Information Loss ◽  
Black Hole Thermodynamics ◽  
Spherically Symmetric ◽  
Mixed States ◽  
Unitary Evolution ◽  
Event Horizons ◽  
Trapping Horizons

We discuss some of the issues relating to information loss and black hole thermodynamics in the light of recent work on local black hole horizons. Understood in terms of pure states evolving into mixed states, the possibility of information loss in black holes is closely related to the global causal structure of space–time, as is the existence of event horizons. However, black holes need not be defined by event horizons, and in fact we argue that in order to have a fully unitary evolution for black holes, they should be defined in terms of something else, such as a trapping horizon. The Misner–Sharp mass in spherical symmetry shows very simply how trapping horizons can give rise to black hole thermodynamics, Hawking radiation and singularities. We show how the Misner–Sharp mass can also be used to give insights into the process of collapse and evaporation of locally defined black holes.

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