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Introduction to Black Holes - Frontiers in Astrophysics

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This introductory lecture explains black holes, their detection, escape and circular velocity, and the role of relativity. It also places black holes in the context of stellar evolution, degeneracy pressure, the Chandrasekhar limit, and neutron stars.

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- Chapter 1. Introduction
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- Chapter 2. Escape Velocity
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- Chapter 3. Defining Black Holes and the Schwarzschild Radius
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- Chapter 4. Gravity and Pressure in the Evolution of Stars
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- Chapter 5. From Electron Degeneracy Pressure to the Chandrasekhar Limit
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- Chapter 6. Neutron Stars
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- Chapter 7. Conclusion
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