THE ISOTROPIC SINGULARITY IN COSMOLOGY

被引:53
作者
GOODE, SW
COLEY, AA
WAINWRIGHT, J
机构
[1] DALHOUSIE UNIV,DEPT MATH,HALIFAX B3H 4H2,NS,CANADA
[2] UNIV WATERLOO,DEPT APPL MATH,WATERLOO N2L 3G1,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1088/0264-9381/9/2/010
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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Inflationary cosmology has been in vogue for over a decade. However, it does not appear to provide satisfactory answers to all of the cosmological questions which provided the motivation for the theory. It is argued that quiescent cosmology and the related ideas of Penrose regarding gravitational entropy may well provide a viable alternative when formulated within the framework of isotropic singularities.
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页码:445 / 455
页数:11
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