Self-Similar Solutions, Critical Behavior and Convergence to Attractor in Gravitational Collapse
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General relativity as well as Newtonian gravity admits self-similar solutions due to its scale-invariance. This is a review on these self-similar solutions and their relevance to gravitational collapse. In particular, our attention is mainly paid on the crucial role of self-similar solutions in the critical behavior and attraction in gravitational collapse.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003