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Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse

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  1. Laboratorio de Astrofísica Espacial y Física Fundamental, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Aerospacial, PO Box 50727, 28080 Madrid, Spain

Abstract

A mini-introduction to critical phenomena in gravitational collapse is combined with a more detailed discussion of how gravity regularizes the 'critical spacetimes' that dominate these phenomena.

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Banach Center Publications
1997/41/1
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Pages:
143-152
Main language of publication
English
Published
1997
Exact and natural sciences