The general theory of relativity - The first thirty years
Abstract
The principal landmarks in the development of general relativity (exclusive of cosmology) during the first 30 years after its founding are reviewed. Consideration is given to experimental and observational verifications of the predictions of the general theory of relativity, the post-Newtonian approximation, and Schwarzschild's solution for the space-time metric outside a central spherically symmetric distribution of mass (the Schwarszchild black hole). Other problems discussed include the relativistic equations of hydrostatic equilibrium for spherically symmetric distribution of masses and the problem of gravitational collapse.
- Publication:
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Contemporary Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1080/00107518008210969
- Bibcode:
- 1980ConPh..21..429C
- Keywords:
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- Black Holes (Astronomy);
- Equilibrium Equations;
- Gravitational Collapse;
- Relativity;
- Theoretical Physics;
- Approximation;
- Astronomical Models;
- Hydrostatic Pressure;
- Mass Distribution;
- Schwarzschild Metric;
- Space-Time Functions;
- Physics (General)