Black Holes and Relativistic Stars

Black Holes and Relativistic Stars
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 0226870359
ISBN-13 : 9780226870359
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Book Synopsis Black Holes and Relativistic Stars by : Robert M. Wald

Download or read book Black Holes and Relativistic Stars written by Robert M. Wald and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive summary of progress made during the past decade on the theory of black holes and relativistic stars, this collection includes discussion of structure and oscillations of relativistic stars, the use of gravitational radiation detectors, observational evidence for black holes, cosmic censorship, numerical work related to black hole collisions, the internal structure of black holes, black hole thermodynamics, information loss and other issues related to the quantum properties of black holes, and recent developments in the theory of black holes in the context of string theory. Volume contributors: Valeria Ferrari, John L. Friedman, James B. Hartle, Stephen W. Hawking, Gary T. Horowitz, Werner Israel, Roger Penrose, Martin J. Rees, Rafael D. Sorkin, Saul A. Teukolsky, Kip S. Thorne, and Robert M. Wald.


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