The Story of Collapsing Stars
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-881887-8 (ISBN)
According to the general theory of relativity, a massive star that collapses catastrophically under its own gravity when it runs out of its internal nuclear fuel must give rise to a space-time singularity. Such singularities are regions in the universe where all physical quantities take their extreme values and become arbitrarily large. The singularities may be covered within a black hole, or visible to faraway observers in the universe. Thus, the final fate of a collapsing massive star is either a black hole or a visible naked singularity. We discuss here recent results and developments on the gravitational collapse of massive stars and possible observational implications when naked singularities happen in the universe. Large collapsing massive stars and the resulting space-time singularities may even provide a laboratory in the cosmos where one could test the unification possibilities of basic forces of nature.
Dr Pankaj S. Joshi works as a Senior Professor with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. His research is in the fields of gravitation and cosmology and he has published more than 150 research papers as well as monographs and books on the subject. He has held visiting faculty positions in several countries doing research and lecturing on these topics and has won several awards as well as Fellowships to scientific academies. Professor Joshi has made fundamental contributions in black hole physics and gravitation theory. His extensive analysis of general relativistic gravitational collapse has been widely recognized as providing significant insights into the final fate of massive collapsing stars in the universe, formation of space-time singularities, and cosmic censorship. He has also contributed a large number of books and articles towards science outreach and has given many public lectures.
1: Our Universe
2: Fabric of Space-Time
3: Black Holes
4: Singularities
5: Cosmic Censorship
6: Naked Singularities
7: Cosmic Conundrums
8: Is Our Universe Predictable?
9: A Lab for Quantum Gravity
10: The Frontiers
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.08.2017 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 33 b/w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 330 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-881887-4 / 0198818874 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-881887-8 / 9780198818878 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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