2003/02/03 by Tomohiro Harada, Harada, Tomohiro
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution #gr-qc
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.gr-qc/0302004
14 pages, invited review talk given at the 12th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation, Nov 25-28, 2002, Tokyo, Japan
arxiv created 2003/02/03 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30
General relativity as well as Newtonian gravity admits self-similar solutions due to its scale-invariance. This is a review on these self-similar solutions and their relevance to gravitational collapse. In particular, our attention is mainly paid on the crucial role of self-similar solutions in the critical behavior and attraction in gravitational collapse.