Lecture 20: Spherical Compact Sources I

Name: Lecture 20: Spherical Compact Sources I
Uploaded: 2020-08-26T14:45:47Z
Duration: 1 h 3 min 40 s
Description: Description: Spherically symmetric and compact bodies. We develop the spacetime of a spherical “star” made of some kind of matter, using the Einstein field equations to develop the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov (TOV) equations which determine this body’s structure and that generalize the Newtonian equations of stellar structure to general relativity. Instructor: Prof. Scott Hughes

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Description: Spherically symmetric and compact bodies. We develop the spacetime of a spherical “star” made of some kind of matter, using the Einstein field equations to develop the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkov (TOV) equations which determine this body’s structure and that generalize the Newtonian equations of stellar structure to general relativity.

Instructor: Prof. Scott Hughes