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The Physics of Gravitationally Collapsed Objects

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Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Binary X-Ray Sources

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For a long time it has been recognized that Einstein’s theory of general relativity is very likely the most elegant theoretical framework in modern physics. However, all conceivable effects predicted by this theory and observable inside our own solar system are largely negligible and could be taken into account by a simple ‘tabulation’ of the correction factors from the traditional Newtonian physics. If these observable effects were found to be so negligible in the entire Universe, the relevance of general relativity, despite its mathematical elegance, would certainly have been very limited. However, it has become more and more clear since the pioneering work of Landau [1], Chandrasekhar [2], Baade and Zwicky [3] that to properly describe the processes occurring at the late stages of evolution of a star after all the sources of its thermo­nuclear energy have been exhausted, a fully relativistic theory of gravity is needed and very large deviations from a Newtonian approach are to be expected. Then the process of gravitational collapse appears to be the natural testing ground where one may probe some of the most novel and unique predictions of Einstein’s theory. From an astrophysical point of view, this process is also of the greatest relevance since it repre­sents energetically, by far the most important part of the life of a star. (See Section 7).

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Ruffini, R. (1975). The Physics of Gravitationally Collapsed Objects. In: Gursky, H., Ruffini, R. (eds) Neutron Stars, Black Holes and Binary X-Ray Sources. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 48. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1767-1_5

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