A Note on the Observational Evidence for the Existence of Event Horizons in Astrophysical 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 candid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cosimo Bambi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/204315