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General Relativity in Post-Independence Era


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1 Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 110 025, India
 

The most outstanding contribution to general relativity in this era came in 1953 (published in 1955 (ref. 1)) in the form of the Raychaudhuri equation. It is in 1960s that the observations began to confront the eupherial theory and thus began exploration of GR as a legitimate physical theory in right earnest. The remarkable discoveries of cosmic microwave background radiation, quasars, rotating (Kerr) black hole and the powerful singularity theorems heralded a new canvas of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. I would attempt to give a brief account of Indian participation in these exciting times.

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General Relativity, Gravitational Collapse, Gravitation Waves, Penrose Process.
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Naresh Dadhich
Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 110 025, India

Abstract


The most outstanding contribution to general relativity in this era came in 1953 (published in 1955 (ref. 1)) in the form of the Raychaudhuri equation. It is in 1960s that the observations began to confront the eupherial theory and thus began exploration of GR as a legitimate physical theory in right earnest. The remarkable discoveries of cosmic microwave background radiation, quasars, rotating (Kerr) black hole and the powerful singularity theorems heralded a new canvas of relativistic astrophysics and cosmology. I would attempt to give a brief account of Indian participation in these exciting times.

Keywords


General Relativity, Gravitational Collapse, Gravitation Waves, Penrose Process.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv109%2Fi12%2F2220-2229