"These lectures provide a systematic introduction to the physics/astrophysics and mathematics of black holes at a level suitable for graduate students, postdocs and researchers in physics, astrophysics, astronomy, and applied mathematics. The focus is mainly on the supermassive black hole in the center of our Milky Way but the results can be easily generalized taking it as an example. Leading international experts provide first hand accounts of the observational and theoretical aspects of this black hole. Topics range from the properties of the Schwarzschild metric and the collapse to a black hole, to quantum gravity
and from the structure of the Galaxy to accretion of matter and the emission properties of the Galactic Center black hole."--BOOK JACKET.
Includes bibliographical references and index.