Half century of black-hole theory: From physicists' purgatory to mathematicians' paradise

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 841, Issue , 2006, Pages 29-50

  Carter, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Black holes; Singularities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846009104     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2218167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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