Boundaries, Jumps
and
Shell Dynamics in General Relativity

an introduction
by

Stefano Ansoldi


Contents

 

Outline
(Title + 1 slide, ~115 kB).

 

1. Basics of General Relativity
(17 slides, ~1.0 MB).

 

2. Boundaries, Shells and Junction Conditions
(11 slides, ~675 kB).

 

3. Basics of Causal Structure and Penrose Diagrams
(13 slides, ~736 kB).

 

4. Shell Effective Dynamics and Possible Applications
(9 slides, ~458 kB).

 

5. Some Concrete Cases: from Vacuum Decay to Charge and Mass of Bound States
(12 slides, ~614 kB).

 
  Conclusions
(1 slide, ~60 kb).