Geodesics

Black Holes · Part 1

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Table of Contents

  1. 1.1. The Geodesic Equation
  2. 2.2. Conserved Quantities from Killing Vectors
  3. 3.3. Effective Potential for Radial Motion
  4. 4.4. Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (ISCO)
  5. 5.5. Radial Infall (L = 0)
  6. 6.6. Gravitational Time Dilation and Redshift
  7. 7.Key Takeaways
  8. 8.Energy (per unit mass)
  9. 9.Angular Momentum (per unit mass)
  10. 10.Critical Points

Course Context

This PDF is part of the Black Holes course on CoursesHub.World. Study the physics of black holes from Schwarzschild geometry to Hawking radiation. Covers rotating and charged black holes, thermodynamics, the information paradox, holographic principle, and astrophy...

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