Relativistic Astrophysics

• Fernández-Jambrina, Leonardo ^[1] ; González-Romero, Luis Manuel ^[2]
  1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Universidad Complutense de Madrid

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Current trends in relativistic astrophysics: theoretical, numerical, observational / Leonardo Fernández Jambrina (ed. lit.), L. M. González-Romero (ed. lit.), 2003, ISBN 3540019839, págs. 1-12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This chapter is devoted to the origins of relativistic astrophysics, both from the theoretical and observational point of view. Supernova explosions, pulsars, active galactic nuclei and gamma-ray bursts are some of the observed processes that are the object of this discipline. On the other hand, the intriguing features of black holes, singularities and hypotheses like the no-hair conjecture and cosmic censorship have been discussed for decades. Perturbative and numerical approaches are mandatory to tackle most of these issues.