Date of Award
5-2021
Degree Type
Report
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Physics
Committee Chair(s)
Maria Rodriguez
Committee
Maria Rodriguez
Committee
Jan Sojka
Committee
Jim Wheeler
Abstract
The literature study here seeks to present the foundations of black hole physics in General Relativity. The report includes a discussion of the Kerr black hole metric, black hole entropy, particle creation, the laws of black hole mechanics, and a bilinear mass formula for the Kerr-Newman black hole solution.
Recommended Citation
Ciafre, Jacob Fisher, "Fundamental Aspects of Black Holes" (2021). All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023. 1516.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/gradreports/1516
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