Vladimir Karas (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague), Giorgio Matt (Università degli Studi Roma Tre)
Until recently, black holes were often considered as exotic objects of dubious existence. In the last decade, observations have provided overwhelming evidence in favour of the presence of supermassive black holes at the centre of galaxies, including the Milky Way; of stellar-mass black holes in binary stellar systems; and, possibly, of intermediate-mass black holes in ultraluminous X-ray sources in nearby galaxies. Black holes are now widely accepted as real physical entities, playing an important role in modern astrophysics. IAU S238 brought together observers and theoreticians working in...
Until recently, black holes were often considered as exotic objects of dubious existence. In the last decade, observations have provided overwhelming ...
