O'Raifeartaigh, Cormac and Mitton, Simon (2015) A new perspective on steady-state cosmology: from Einstein to Hoyle. In: Proceedings of the Institute of Physics Inaugural Conference on the History of Physics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. (In Press)
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Abstract
We recently reported the discovery of an unpublished manuscript by Albert Einstein in which he attempted a 'steady-state' model of the universe, i.e., a cosmic model in which the expanding universe remains essentially unchanged due to a continuous formation of matter from empty space. The manuscript was apparently written in early 1931, many years before the steady-state models of Fred Hoyle, Hermann Bondi and Thomas Gold. We compare Einstein’s steady-state cosmology with that of Hoyle, Bondi and Gold and consider the reasons Einstein abandoned his model. The relevance of steady-state models to today’s cosmology is briefly discussed.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Departments or Groups: | *NONE OF THESE* |
Divisions: | School of Science |
Depositing User: | Cormac O'Raifeartaigh |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jun 2015 10:54 |
Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2016 10:27 |
URI: | http://repository-testing.wit.ie/id/eprint/3085 |
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