Relativistic Fluids and the Physics of Gravitational Collapse

Abstract

We present a discussion on some physical aspects of gravitational collapse which is based on a list of questions related to relevant issues in the study of that phenomenon. Providing answers to those questions we bring out the role played by different physical processes in the dynamics of spherical collapse.

Published in L.Herrera, Relativistic Fluids and the Physics of Gravitational Collapse, in: The Sun, the Stars, the Universe and General Relativity: Proceedings of Sobral 2009, edited by S.E.Perez Bergliaffa, M.Novello and R.Ruffini, Cambridge Scientific Publishers, 2011, pp 205-218