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Black holes and relativistic stars

By Robert M. Wald

Book information

Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0226870340, 9780226870342
LCC
QB843.B55 B585 1998
Open Library ID
OL695649M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2382358 bytes)
Series
Chandrasekhar memorial conf. proc
Edition
1
Pages
288\288
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Scanned
yes
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Физика;Астрономия и астрофизика;Астрофизика;Астроф

Description

A comprehensive summary of progress made during the past decade on the theory of black holes and relativistic stars, this collection includes discussion of structure and oscillations of relativistic stars, the use of gravitational radiation detectors, observational evidence for black holes, cosmic censorship, numerical work related to black hole collisions, the internal structure of black holes, black hole thermodynamics, information loss and other issues related to the quantum properties of black holes, and recent developments in the theory of black holes in the context of string theory. Volume contributors: Valeria Ferrari, John L. Friedman, James B. Hartle, Stephen W. Hawking, Gary T. Horowitz, Werner Israel, Roger Penrose, Martin J. Rees, Rafael D. Sorkin, Saul A. Teukolsky, Kip S. Thorne, and Robert M. Wald.

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