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Gravitational collapse and spacetime singularities

By Pankaj S. Joshi

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0521871042, 9780521871044, 9780511378904
LCC
QB843.B55 J68 2007
Open Library ID
OL10437884M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1791341 bytes)
Series
Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
Edition
1
Pages
284\284
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Physical phenomena in astrophysics and cosmology involve gravitational collapse in a fundamental way. The final fate of a massive star when it collapses under its own gravity at the end of its life cycle is one of the most important questions in gravitation theory and relativistic astrophysics, and is the foundation of black hole physics. General relativity predicts that continual gravitational collapse gives rise to a space-time singularity. Quantum gravity may take over in such regimes to resolve the classical space-time singularity. This book investigates these issues, and shows how the visible ultra-dense regions arise naturally and generically as an outcome of dynamical gravitational collapse. It will be of interest to graduate students and academic researchers in gravitation physics, fundamental physics, astrophysics, and cosmology. It includes a detailed review of recent research into gravitational collapse, and several examples of collapse models are investigated in detail.

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