A Method for Identifying a Black Hole Is to

question 125

Multiple Choice

A method for identifying a black hole is to

• A) look for its effects on a nearby companion.
• B) search for their pulsar signal.
• C) search for radio waves from the accretion disk.
• D) look for voids in the star fields.
• E) locate a visible star that disappears when the black hole passes in front of it.

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.

Coefficient of Variation

A normalized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution, calculated as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean, usually expressed as a percentage.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a dataset differ from each other and from the mean of the dataset.

Standard Deviation

The statistical measurement that calculates the spread or dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean, providing insight into the concentration of data points.