A Reference for Oppenheimer Snyder Collapse Paper

[gnnmartin]

I want to make a comment on the Oppenheimer Snyder collapse, and before doing so want to read the original Oppenheimer Snyder paper. All I have been able to find is the paper "On continued gravitational contraction" in the Sept '39 Physical Review, but I get the impression that to most people 'Oppenheimer Snyder collapse' means something considerably more evolved and simplified: as for example in http://grwiki.physics.ncsu.edu/wiki/Oppenheimer-Snyder_Collapse.

Is there a later paper by Oppenheimer & Snyder that more closely reflects the grwiki summary? I would appreciate a reference, and if it is accessible online without a paywall, a url.

 

[PeterDonis]

Is there a later paper by Oppenheimer & Snyder that more closely reflects the grwiki summary?

AFAIK the 1939 paper is the only one Oppenheimer and Snyder ever wrote in this topic. Since the date of publication was the same as the date on which World War II broke out, that's not too surprising.

The summary you linked to appears to be based on a more modern understanding of the model, which draws on the more modern understanding of black hole spacetimes in general that was developed in the 1950s and 1960s. I'm not aware of any particular paper that discusses it, but at least some textbooks, including MTW, do.

 

[PAllen]

The following discusses Oppenheimer-Snyder collapse from a modern point of view, in some detail, in sections 3 and 4.

http://www.aei.mpg.de/~rezzolla/lnotes/mondragone/collapse.pdf

 

[gnnmartin]

Thanks to both of you. Good to know I'm not missing something later by Oppenheimer & Snyder. The summary that PAllen gives is useful: it's a pity it is so print unfriendly (61 pages).

Ah, I've discovered how to print it 4 pages per physical page. That's better.