22. Black holes I

MIT 8. 962 General Relativity, Spring 2020 Instructor: Scott Hughes View the complete course: YouTube Playlist: We reconcile the odd behavior of the different views of infall into the spherically symmetrically spacetime by studying the motion of light. We find that these spacetimes contain a surface beyond which communication is not possible an event horizon and therefore constitute black holes. This class focuses on the nonrotating Schwarzschild black hole; more general forms are known (the rotating Kerr solution being particularly important). Unfortunately, plans for more detailed discussion were disrupted by the COVID19 pandemic. License: Creative Commons BYNCSA More information at More courses at Support OCW at We encourage constructive comments and discussion on OCWs YouTube