Black Holes and Vishveshwara's Contributions Quiz
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What did C.V. Vishveshwara demonstrate the existence of by analyzing the structure of black holes?

  • Event horizon
  • Ergosphere (correct)
  • Singularity
  • Photon sphere

What did C.V. Vishveshwara prove the stability of?

  • Non-rotating Schwarzschild black hole (correct)
  • Reissner-Nordström black hole
  • Rotating Kerr black hole
  • Charged Kerr-Newman black hole

What did C.V. Vishveshwara discover that is one of the main targets of observation using gravitational wave detectors?

  • Black hole entropy
  • Gravitational lensing by black holes
  • Quasinormal modes of black holes (correct)
  • Hawking radiation

In addition to black hole physics, what other area did C.V. Vishveshwara make significant contributions to in general relativity?

<p>Exact solutions of Einstein's field equations (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What aspect of black hole physics did C.V. Vishveshwara investigate in cosmological backgrounds in later years?

<p>Black holes in cosmological backgrounds (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did C.V. Vishveshwara prove the stability of?

<p>Non-rotating Schwarzschild black hole (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did C.V. Vishveshwara discover that is one of the main targets of observation using gravitational wave detectors?

<p>Quasinormal modes of black holes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did C.V. Vishveshwara analyze to demonstrate the existence of the ergosphere in black holes?

<p>Spacetime symmetries (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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