A mini-introduction to critical phenomena in gravitational collapse is combined with a more detailed discussion of how gravity regularizes the 'critical spacetimes' that dominate these phenomena.
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author = {Gundlach, Carsten},
title = {Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse},
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volume = {38},
year = {1997},
pages = {143-152},
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Gundlach, Carsten. Critical phenomena in gravitational collapse. Banach Center Publications, Tome 38 (1997) pp. 143-152. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-bcpv41z1p143bwm/
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