Black holes in general relativity

What is going on (as of August 2008) at the interface between theoretical general relativity, string-inspired models, and observational astrophysics? Quite a lot. In this mini-survey I will make a personal choice and focus on four specific questions: Do black holes 'exist'? (For selected values of the word 'exist'.) Is black hole formation and evaporation unitary? Can one mimic a black hole to arbitrary accuracy? Can one detect the presence of a horizon using local physics?

black hole: formation
general relativity
black hole: evaporation
unitarity
horizon

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The X-ray spectra of accreting Kerr black holes

e-Print:
- astro-ph/0507409

Advection - dominated accretion around black holes

e-Print:
- astro-ph/9803141

Advection-Dominated Accretion and the Black Hole Event Horizon

- New Astron.Rev. 51 (2008) 733-751
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e-Print:
- 0803.0322
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DOI:
- 10.1016/j.newar.2008.03.002

Jet - dominated states: An Alternative to advection across black hole event horizons in `quiescent' x-ray binaries

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 343 (2003) L99
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e-Print:
- astro-ph/0306614
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DOI:
- 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06950.x

Jet-dominated advective systems: radio and x-ray luminosity dependence on the accretion rate

- Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 369 (2006) 1451-1458
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e-Print:
- astro-ph/0603731
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DOI:
- 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10383.x

- AIP Conf.Proc. 1059 (2008) 1, 9-12
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DOI:
- 10.1063/1.3012288

No observational proof of the black hole event-horizon

Marek A. Abramowicz
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Wlodek Kluzniak
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Jean-Pierre Lasota
(
- Paris, Inst. Astrophys.
)

- Astron.Astrophys. 396 (2002) L31-L34
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e-Print:
- astro-ph/0207270
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DOI:
- 10.1051/0004-6361:20021645

Dynamical horizons: Energy, angular momentum, fluxes and balance laws

Abhay Ashtekar
(
- Penn State U.
)
,
Badri Krishnan
(
- Penn State U.
)

- Phys.Rev.Lett. 89 (2002) 261101
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0207080
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DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.261101

Dynamical horizons and their properties

Abhay Ashtekar
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Badri Krishnan
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- Phys.Rev.D 68 (2003) 104030
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0308033
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DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.68.104030

Isolated and dynamical horizons and their applications

Abhay Ashtekar
(
- Penn State U. and
- Santa Barbara, KITP and
- Potsdam, Max Planck Inst. and
- Schrodinger Inst., Vienna
)
,
Badri Krishnan
(
- Potsdam, Max Planck Inst. and
- Schrodinger Inst., Vienna
)

- Living Rev.Rel. 7 (2004) 10
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0407042
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DOI:
- 10.12942/lrr-2004-10

Some uniqueness results for dynamical horizons

- Adv.Theor.Math.Phys. 9 (2005) 1, 1-30
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0503109
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DOI:
- 10.4310/ATMP.2005.v9.n1.a1

Black hole dynamics in general relativity

Abhay Ashtekar
(
- Penn State U. and
- Utrecht U.
)

- Pramana 69 (2007) 77-92
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DOI:
- 10.1007/s12043-007-0111-8

Dynamics of black holes

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Shanghai United Ctr. Astrophys.
)

e-Print:
- 0810.0923

Energy and entropy conservation for dynamical black holes

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Ewha Women's U., Seoul
)

- Phys.Rev.D 70 (2004) 104027
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0408008
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DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.70.104027

Angular momentum conservation for dynamical black holes

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Shanghai United Ctr. Astrophys.
)

- Phys.Rev.D 74 (2006) 104013
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0609008
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DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.104013

Gravitational radiation from dynamical black holes

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Penn State U.
)

- Class.Quant.Grav. 23 (2006) L15
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0505080
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DOI:
- 10.1088/0264-9381/23/3/L01

Energy conservation for dynamical black holes

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Ewha Women's U., Seoul
)

- Phys.Rev.Lett. 93 (2004) 251101
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0404077
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DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.251101

Black holes: New horizons

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Penn State U.
)

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e-Print:
- gr-qc/0008071

Unified first law of black hole dynamics and relativistic thermodynamics

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Kyoto U., Yukawa Inst., Kyoto
)

- Class.Quant.Grav. 15 (1998) 3147-3162
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e-Print:
- gr-qc/9710089
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DOI:
- 10.1088/0264-9381/15/10/017

General laws of black hole dynamics

S.A. Hayward
(
- Munich, Max Planck Inst.
)

- Phys.Rev.D 49 (1994) 6467-6474,
- Phys. Rev. D49 (1994) 6467-6474. and Preprint - Hayward, S.A. (93/03,rec.Apr.) 8 p
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DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.49.6467

Marginal surfaces and apparent horizons

Sean A. Hayward
(
- Garching, Max Planck Inst.
)

e-Print:
- gr-qc/9303006

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