Singular Null Hypersurfaces in General Relativity

Claude Barrabes, P. A. Hogan, "Singular Null Hypersurfaces in General Relativity: Light-Like Signals from Violent Astrophysical Events"
World Scientific Publishing Company | 2003-12 | ISBN: 9812387374 | 204 pages | PDF | 6,8 MB




This book presents a comprehensive and self-contained exposition of the mathematical theory of impulsive light-like signals in general relativity. Applications are provided in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and alternative theories of gravity deduced from string theory. Cataclysmic astrophysical events give rise to impulsive light-like signals which can generally be decomposed into a thin shell of null matter and an impulsive gravitational wave. Several examples are considered in black hole physics, wave collisions and light-like boosts of compact gravitating sources.

Graduate students and researchers in relativistic astrophysics, cosmology and string theory will find this book very useful.


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