“Golden Oldie”: Gravitational Collapse: The Role of General Relativity

2002/07/01 by Roger Penrose, R. Penrose · 1,212 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Classical mechanics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Differential geometry #General relativity #Geometry #Gravitation #Gravitational collapse #Mathematical physics #Physics #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Theoretical physics #Theory of relativity

paper · doi:10.1023/a:1016578408204

published in General Relativity and Gravitation 34(7), 1141-1165 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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