On spherically symmetric gravitational collapse

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 863-899

  Brenner, Michael P ^a   Witelski, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravitational collapse; Self similar solutions; Singularities in nonlinear partial differential equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040585180     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:joss.0000033167.19114.b8     Document Type: Article

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