Gravitational collapse and spacetime singularities /
Physical phenomena in astrophysics 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 & relativistic astrophysics, & is the fou...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Physical phenomena in astrophysics 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 & relativistic astrophysics, & is the foundation of black hole physics. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780511378904 0511378904 9780511376184 0511376189 9780511536274 0511536275 |