General Relativity

  1. Black Holes
    1. Formation and Classification
      1. Formation of Black Holes
        1. Stellar Collapse
          1. Chandrasekhar Limit
            1. Neutron Star Limit
              1. Core Collapse Supernovae
              2. Supermassive Black Holes
                1. Formation in Galactic Centers
                  1. Accretion and Growth
                  2. Primordial Black Holes
                    1. Early Universe Formation
                      1. Evaporation
                    2. Classification by Properties
                      1. Stellar-Mass Black Holes
                        1. Intermediate-Mass Black Holes
                          1. Supermassive Black Holes
                        2. Black Hole Properties
                          1. The No-Hair Theorem
                            1. Mass Parameter
                              1. Electric Charge
                                1. Angular Momentum
                                  1. Uniqueness Theorems
                                  2. Event Horizons
                                    1. Definition and Properties
                                      1. Horizon Area
                                        1. Surface Gravity
                                        2. Singularities
                                          1. Curvature Singularities
                                            1. Naked Singularities
                                              1. Cosmic Censorship
                                            2. Black Hole Geometry and Causal Structure
                                              1. Penrose Diagrams
                                                1. Causal Structure of Spacetime
                                                  1. Conformal Compactification
                                                    1. Visualizing Black Holes and Singularities
                                                    2. Kruskal-Szekeres Coordinates
                                                      1. Maximal Extension
                                                        1. White Holes
                                                          1. Einstein-Rosen Bridge
                                                          2. Eddington-Finkelstein Coordinates
                                                            1. Ingoing and Outgoing Coordinates
                                                              1. Horizon Crossing
                                                            2. Black Hole Thermodynamics
                                                              1. Laws of Black Hole Mechanics
                                                                1. Zeroth Law
                                                                  1. First Law
                                                                    1. Second Law
                                                                      1. Third Law
                                                                      2. Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy
                                                                        1. Area-Entropy Relation
                                                                          1. Microscopic Origin
                                                                          2. Hawking Radiation
                                                                            1. Quantum Effects Near the Horizon
                                                                              1. Black Body Spectrum
                                                                                1. Evaporation Process
                                                                                2. Black Hole Information Paradox
                                                                                  1. Information Loss Problem
                                                                                    1. Proposed Resolutions
                                                                                  2. Observational Evidence
                                                                                    1. X-ray Binaries
                                                                                      1. Accretion Disks
                                                                                        1. Mass Measurements
                                                                                        2. Supermassive Black Holes
                                                                                          1. Active Galactic Nuclei
                                                                                            1. Sagittarius A*
                                                                                            2. Event Horizon Telescope
                                                                                              1. Direct Imaging
                                                                                                1. M87* and Sgr A*

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