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Singular null hypersurfaces in general relativity : light-like signals from violent astrophysical events /
This book presents a comprehensive and self-contained exposition of the mathematical theory of impulsive light-like signals in general relativity. Applications are provided in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and alternative theories of gravity deduced from string theory. Cataclysmic astrophysic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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River Edge, N.J. :
World Scientific,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book presents a comprehensive and self-contained exposition of the mathematical theory of impulsive light-like signals in general relativity. Applications are provided in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and alternative theories of gravity deduced from string theory. Cataclysmic astrophysical events give rise to impulsive light-like signals which can generally be decomposed into a thin shell of null matter and an impulsive gravitational wave. Several examples are considered in black hole physics, wave collisions and light-like boosts of compact gravitating sources. Graduate students and researchers in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and string theory will find this book very useful. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 193 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193). |
| ISBN: | 9789812796639 9812796630 1281956023 9781281956026 9789812387370 9812387374 |