An eternally collapsing scalar field universe (2008)
Bhattacharya, Swastik, Goswami, Rituparno, Joshi, Pankaj
We study here the evolution of a massless scalar field universe, developing from a regular initial spacelike surface. The Einstein equations and regularity and boundary conditions governing the same...
Spanning Between Theory and Practice (2008)
Baker, William, Beghini, Alessandro, Bhatia, Manav, Buckholt, Joshua, Carrion, Juan, D'Souza, Nicola, ...
IASS-IACM 2008 Session: Spanning Between Theory and Practice -- Session Organizer: Hiroki TAMAI (Illinois Institute of Technology) -- Plenary Lecture: Abstract, Slides and Video: "Large shell...
Gamma-ray bursts as the birth-cries of black holes (2000)
Joshi, Pankaj, Dadhich, Naresh, Maartens, Roy
The origin of cosmic gamma-ray bursts remains one of the most intriguing puzzles in astronomy. We suggest that purely general relativistic effects in the collapse of massive stars could account for...