Title Gravitational collapse and spacetime singularities / Pankaj S. Joshi.

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Description	1 online resource (x, 273 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics
	Cambridge monographs on mathematical physics.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index.
Contents	The spacetime manifold -- Spherical collapse -- Cosmic censorship -- Final fate of a massive star.
Summary	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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Subject	Gravitational collapse.
	Gravitational collapse.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Joshi, Pankaj S. Gravitational collapse and spacetime singularities. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521871044 (DLC) 2008272520 (OCoLC)148865728
ISBN	9780511378904 (electronic book)
	0511378904 (electronic book)
	9780511376184 (eBook ; ebrary)
	0511376189 (eBook ; ebrary)
	9780511536274 (ebook)
	0511536275 (ebook)
	9780521871044 (hardback)
	0521871042 (hardback)