文档介绍：CAMBRIDGE MONOGRAPHS ON
MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
General editors: P. V. Landshoff, D. W. Sciama, S. Weinberg
Scattering from black holes
SCATTERING FROM BLACK
HOLES
. FUTTERMAN, & . HANDLER
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, California
and
. MATZNER
Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
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Futterman, J. A. H.
Scattering from black holes.
(Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics)
Bibliography:
Includes index.
1. Black holes (Astronomy) 2. Scattering (Physics)
3. Astrophysics. I. Handler, F. A. II. Matzner,
Richard A. (Richard Alfred), 1942- . III. Title.
IV. Series.
1987 523 86-28322
ISBN 978-0-521-32986-6 hardback
ISBN 978-0-521-11210-9 paperback
Contents
Foreword
1 Introduction 1
Motivation, context and scope 1
Definition of black-hole scattering 5
Historical outline 7
Partial wave analysis