Fundamental Concepts

Abstract

This chapter briefly discusses the fundamental properties of black holes in general relativity, the discovery of astrophysical black holes and their main astronomical observations, how X-ray and $\gamma$-ray facilities can study these objects, and ends with a list of open problems and future developments in the field.

14 pages, 4 figures. To appear in "Tutorial Guide to X-ray and Gamma-ray Astronomy: Data Reduction and Analysis" (Ed. C. Bambi, Springer Singapore, 2020). v2: fixed some typos and updated some parts. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1711.10256

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