The raychaudhuri equations: A briet review

Pramana - Journal of Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-76

  Kar, Sayan ^a   Sengupta, Soumitra ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Alternate theories of gravity; General relativity; Raychaudhuri equations

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GRAVITATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RELATIVITY; STRING THEORY; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ALTERNATE THEORIES OF GRAVITY; EINSTEIN-CARTAN-SCIAMA-KIBBLE THEORY; RAYCHAUDHURI EQUATIONS; THEORY OF RELATIVISITIC MEMBRANES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34547226769     PISSN: 03044289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12043-007-0110-9     Document Type: Review

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