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Gravitational Collapse and Spacetime Singularities (Paperback): Pankaj S. Joshi

Gravitational Collapse and Spacetime Singularities (Paperback)

Pankaj S. Joshi

Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics

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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 research into gravitational collapse, and several examples of collapse models are investigated in detail.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics
Release date: September 2012
First published: July 2012
Authors: Pankaj S. Joshi
Dimensions: 244 x 170 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 978-1-107-40536-3
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Cosmology & the universe
Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Astrophysics
LSN: 1-107-40536-X
Barcode: 9781107405363

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