Formation of Black holes in Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Collapse
Black holes are predicted by general relativity. It is a mathematical challenge to describe the formation of black holes in gravitational collapse in general relativity. In this course, we will discuss the classical result of Oppenheimer and Snyder on the formation of black holes in spherically symmetric gravitational collapse, and the black hole formation theorem of spherically symmetric self-gravitating massless scalar field by Christodoulou.
Lecturer
Date
14th September ~ 2nd December, 2021
Prerequisite
Riemannian Geometry, Partial Differential Equation
Reference
1. Richard C. Tolman: Effect of Inhomogeneity on Cosmological Models
2. J. R. Oppenheimer; H. Snyder: On Continued Gravitational Contraction
3. D. Christodoulou: Violation of Cosmic Censorship in the Gravitational Collapse of a Dust Cloud
4. D. Christodoulou: The Formation of Black Holes and Singularities in Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Collapse
2. J. R. Oppenheimer; H. Snyder: On Continued Gravitational Contraction
3. D. Christodoulou: Violation of Cosmic Censorship in the Gravitational Collapse of a Dust Cloud
4. D. Christodoulou: The Formation of Black Holes and Singularities in Spherically Symmetric Gravitational Collapse
Video Public
No
Notes Public
No
Lecturer Intro
Dr. Pengyu Le graduated from ETH Zürich in 2018, then became a Van Loo postdoctoral fellow in University of Michigan. He joined BIMSA as an assistant professor in 2021. His research interest lies in differential geometry and general relativity.