Caustics in gravitational theories

The gravitational collapse of a spherically symmetric, pressure-free dust is an interesting problem in General Relativity for it can lead, under certain initial conditions, to the situation where infinitesimally neighbouring shells approach and cross each other. The curve generated by these points o...

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Main Author: Swatton, Damon John Ridgley
Published: University of Southampton 1999
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323804