Black holes: theory and observation. Proceedings of the 179th W. E. Heraeus seminar, held at Bad Honnef, Germany, August 18--22, 1997 (Q1276538)

The articles of mathematical interest will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Luminet, Jean-Pierre}, Black holes: a general introduction, 3-34 [Zbl 1051.83521] \textit{Straumann, Norbert}, The membrane model of black holes and applications, 111-156 [Zbl 1051.83528] \textit{Heusler, Markus}, Uniqueness theorems for black hole space-times, 157-186 [Zbl 0924.53059] \textit{Núñez, Darío; Quevedo, Hernando; Sudarsky, Daniel}, Black hole hair: a review, 187-198 [Zbl 1051.83523] \textit{Giulini, Domenico}, Local versions of the area theorem (on a question of G. 't Hooft), 199-202 [Zbl 0976.83032] \textit{García, Alberto; Macías, Alfredo}, Black holes as exact solutions of the Einstein-Maxwell equations of Petrov type \(D\), 203-223 [Zbl 0931.53042] \textit{Giulini, Domenico}, On the construction of time-symmetric black hole initial data, 224-243 [Zbl 0924.53060] \textit{Seidel, Edward}, Numerical approach to black holes, 244-265 [Zbl 1051.83527] \textit{Mashhoon, Bahram}, Measurement theory and general relativity, 269-284 [Zbl 1051.83531] \textit{Obukhov, Yuri N.; Hehl, Friedrich W.}, Black holes in two dimensions, 289-316 [Zbl 1051.83524] \textit{Neugebauer, Gernot}, Black hole thermodynamics, 319-338 [Zbl 1051.83522] \textit{Israel, Werner}, Gedanken experiments in black hole thermodynamics, 339-363 [Zbl 1051.83517] \textit{Israel, Werner}, Internal structure of black holes, 364-382 [Zbl 1051.83518] \textit{Wipf, Andreas}, Quantum fields near black holes, 385-415 [Zbl 0929.35132] \textit{Kiefer, Claus}, Towards a full quantum theory of black holes, 416-450 [Zbl 1051.81591] \textit{'t Hooft, Gerard}, Quantum information on the black hole horizon, 451-477 [Zbl 0924.53061] \textit{Collmar, Werner; Straumann, Norbert; Chakrabarti, Sandip K.; 't Hooft, Gerard; Seidel, Edward; Israel, Werner}, Panel discussion: The definitive proofs of the existence of black holes, 481-489 [Zbl 1051.83515]