Foreword |
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Preface |
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Notation |
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Quotation acknowledgements |
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1 A zoo of astrophysical transient sources |
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1.1 Classification of transient sources |
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6 | (17) |
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1.2 On the origin of compact objects |
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23 | (9) |
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1.3 Emerging multimessenger observatories |
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32 | (7) |
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39 | (4) |
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2 Electromagnetic radiation processes |
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2.1 Definitions and notation |
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43 | (2) |
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2.2 Relativistic beaming and Doppler effect |
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45 | (4) |
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2.3 Some important invariants |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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2.5 Synchrotron radiation |
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51 | (10) |
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61 | (11) |
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2.7 Synchrotron self-Compton and the Compton catastrophe |
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72 | (3) |
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2.8 Creation and annihilation of electron-positron pairs |
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75 | (6) |
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81 | (3) |
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3 Curved spacetime and gravitational waves |
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84 | (26) |
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84 | (4) |
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3.2 Redshift, geodetic and orbital precession |
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88 | (4) |
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3.3 Gravitational waves and hyperbolicity |
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92 | (5) |
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3.4 Frame dragging and Mach's principle |
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97 | (3) |
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3.5 Gravitational spin-orbit energy E = wJp |
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100 | (3) |
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3.6 Gravitational induction LwB |
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103 | (2) |
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3.7 Black hole evolution and the first law of thermodynamics |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (3) |
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4 Hadronic processes and neutrino emissions |
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110 | (13) |
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4.1 Ultra-high energy cosmic rays |
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110 | (3) |
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4.2 Confinement limit and constraints on the power of UHECR sources |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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4.4 Inelastic nuclear collisions |
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115 | (2) |
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4.5 Photomeson interactions |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (1) |
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4.7 Relation between photon-photon and photopion opacities |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (2) |
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5 Relativistic fluid dynamics |
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123 | (12) |
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5.1 The fluid description |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (2) |
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5.3 Magnetohydrodynamic waves |
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128 | (2) |
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5.4 Applications to colored MHD |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (2) |
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135 | (18) |
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6.1 Hydrodynamic fireballs |
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135 | (3) |
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6.2 Confined transonic flows |
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138 | (3) |
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6.3 Flows subject to a gravitational force |
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141 | (1) |
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6.4 Magnetohydrodynamic flows |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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6.7 MHD in Kerr spacetime: magnetic extraction of black hole energy |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (2) |
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7 Relativistic shock waves |
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153 | (30) |
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7.1 Nonlinear steepening of relativistic disturbances |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (6) |
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7.3 Internal shocks and the efficiency problem |
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163 | (3) |
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166 | (2) |
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168 | (2) |
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7.6 Particle acceleration in collisionless shocks |
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170 | (5) |
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7.7 Radiation mediated shocks |
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175 | (6) |
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181 | (2) |
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8 Relativistic blast waves |
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183 | (23) |
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183 | (2) |
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8.2 Impulsive adiabatic blast wave |
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185 | (4) |
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8.3 Impulsive radiative blast wave |
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189 | (1) |
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8.4 Emission from the forward shock |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (2) |
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8.6 Early evolution: reverse shock formation |
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195 | (6) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (2) |
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204 | (2) |
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9 Accretion disks and tori |
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206 | (21) |
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9.1 Basic principles and scaling relations |
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207 | (4) |
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9.2 Magneto-rotational instability |
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211 | (4) |
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9.3 A hydrodynamic instability in a torus |
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215 | (4) |
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9.4 Self-regulated instability around rapidly rotating black holes |
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219 | (2) |
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9.5 Torus magnetospheres around rapidly rotating black holes |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (4) |
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10 Entropic attraction in black hole binaries |
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227 | (25) |
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228 | (3) |
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10.2 Black holes and cosmic censorship |
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231 | (3) |
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10.3 Apparent horizon surfaces of black holes |
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234 | (2) |
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10.4 Gravitational attraction by Gibbs' principle |
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236 | (2) |
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10.5 Entropy jumps in mergers |
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238 | (3) |
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10.6 Newton's law from an adiabatic variational principle |
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241 | (4) |
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10.7 Newton's law for point particles |
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245 | (4) |
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249 | (3) |
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11 Transient sources from rotating black holes |
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252 | (19) |
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11.1 Alfven waves in transient capillary jets |
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252 | (1) |
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11.2 UHECRs upstream of Alfven fronts |
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253 | (3) |
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11.3 Scaling relations for the spin down time |
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256 | (1) |
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11.4 Observing black hole spin down in long GRBs |
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257 | (6) |
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11.5 Scale-free behavior in GRB light curves from black hole spin down |
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263 | (1) |
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11.6 High frequency gravitational waves from stellar mass Kerr black holes |
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264 | (1) |
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11.7 Low frequency gravitational waves from SgrA* |
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265 | (1) |
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11.8 Unification of ultra-relativistic transient events |
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266 | (4) |
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270 | (1) |
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12 Searching for long bursts in gravitational waves |
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271 | (16) |
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271 | (1) |
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12.2 Template for long duration GWBs |
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272 | (2) |
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12.3 Time sliced matched filtering |
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274 | (4) |
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12.4 Outlook for detections |
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278 | (1) |
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12.5 Electromagnetic priors in gravitational-wave searches from supernovae and long GRBs |
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278 | (7) |
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285 | (2) |
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13 Epilogue: the multimessenger Transient Universe |
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287 | (5) |
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13.1 Observational tests for multimessenger emissions from rotating black holes |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (2) |
Appendix A Some properties of Kerr black holes |
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292 | (4) |
Appendix B Cosmological event rates |
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296 | (4) |
Appendix C Relaxation limited evaporation |
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300 | (5) |
Appendix D Some units and constants |
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305 | (3) |
References |
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308 | (16) |
Index |
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