Self-Similar Solutions, Critical Behavior and Convergence to Attractor in Gravitational Collapse
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
General relativity as well as Newtonian gravity admits self-similar solutions due to its scale-invariance. This is a review on these self-similar solutions and their relevance to gravitational collapse. In particular, our attention is mainly paid on the crucial role of self-similar solutions in the critical behavior and attraction in gravitational collapse.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0302004,
title = {Self-Similar Solutions, Critical Behavior and Convergence to Attractor in Gravitational Collapse},
author = {Tomohiro Harada},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0302004},
year = {2007}
}
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14 pages, invited review talk given at the 12th Workshop on General Relativity and Gravitation, Nov 25-28, 2002, Tokyo, Japan