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Links and References

The Curvature of Space

Komissarov, S.S. (2002). Cosmology. Retrieved March 1 2018, from https://www1.maths.leeds.ac.uk/~serguei/teaching/cosmology.pdf.

Morgan, F. (1998). Riemannian Geometry: A Beginners Guide. Natick, Mass.: Peters.

Narlikar, J.V. (2002). An Introduction to Cosmology (3rd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge UP.

Ryden, B. (2017). Introduction to Cosmology (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge UP.

Scott, Douglas (2018). Astronomy 403: Cosmology. University of British Columbia Course Notes.

Thomas, G.B. Jr. (1960). Calculus and Analytic Geometry. Don Mills, Ontario: Addison-Wesley.

Globular Clusters

Durrell, Patrick R. and William E. Harris. "A Color-Magnitude Study of the Globular Cluster M15." 1993, AJ, 105, 1420. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993AJ....105.1420D

Fregeau, John M. "Binary Stars and Globular Cluster Dynamics." 2007, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 246, 239. http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2FIAU%2FIAU3_S246%2FS1743921308015676a.pdf&code=c394fa5dc3d9422a79829c68c457666d

Harris, W.E. "A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way." 1996, AJ, 112, 1487. (2010 Edition) http://physwww.mcmaster.ca/~harris/mwgc.dat

Henault-Brunet, Vincent. "Multiple Populations in Globular Clusters: Constraints from Kinematics and Dynamics." 2015, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 316. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1512.02039v1.pdf

Sarajedini, A. & Forrester, W. L. "CCD photometry for the galactic globular cluster NGC 6584." 1995, AJ, 109., 1112. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1995AJ....109.1112S

Richer, Harvey (2016). Astronomy 205: Stars and Stellar Populations. Univesity of British Columbia Course Notes.

Toddy, Joseph M. "New Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 65841." 2013, JSARA, 6, 00-00. http://arxiv.org/pdf/1205.1034v1.pdf

Wikipedia: Blue stragglers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_straggler

Gravitational Lensing

Astronomy. "Weird Object: The Einstein cross." http://astronomy.com/magazine/weirdest-objects/2015/09/15-the-einstein-cross

Hickson, Paul (2016). Astronomy 300. Galaxies. Univesity of British Columbia Course Notes.

Sparke, L. S. and J.S. Gallagher, III (2007). Galaxies in the Universe. (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge UP.

Wambsganss, Joachim (1998). “Gravitational Lensing in Astronomy.” Springer Links. https://link.springer.com/article/10.12942%2Flrr-1998-12.

Stellar Collapse

Bombaci I. The maximum mass of a neutron star. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 1995; 305:871.

Einstein A. Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. Annalen der Physik. 1916; 354(7):769-822.

Fisher L. Are black holes hot or cold? Available from: https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/are-black-holes-hot-or-cold/ [accessed Dec 6th, 2018].

Hartle, JB. Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity. Pearson, 2003.

Oppenheimer JR, Volkoff GM. On Massive Neutron Cores. Physical Review. 1939 Feb 15; 55(4):374–81.

Ryden, BS. Introduction to Cosmology. Cambridge UP, 2003.

Schleich, Kristin. (2018). Physics 407: Introduction to General Relativity. Univesity of British Columbia Course Notes.