Gravitational Collapse: The Story so far

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Publishing date

2000-06-29

URL

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0006101v1

Journals

Pramana 55:529-544,2000

Science

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field

Astrophysics

SubField

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Additional info

16 pages, no figures, Based on the review talk given at ICGC 2000, Khargpur, India

Type

Scientific paper

Digital Object Identifier

10.1007/s12043-000-0164-4

Abstract

An outstanding problem in gravitation theory and relativistic astrophysics today is to understand the final outcome of an endless gravitational collapse. Such a continual collapse would take place when stars more massive than few times the mass of the sun collapse under their own gravity on exhausting their nuclear fuel. According to the general theory of relativity, this results either in a black hole, or a naked singularity- which can communicate with faraway observers in the universe. While black holes are (almost) being detected and are increasingly used to model high energy astrophysical phenomena, naked singularities have turned into a topic of active discussion, aimed at understanding their structure and implications. Recent developments here are reviewed, indicating future directions.

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