Published August 12, 1974 | Version v1
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Death of white holes in the early universe

Creators

  • 1. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91109

Description

A white hole (a compact, long-delayed region of the big bang) cannot exist, because it suffers an exponentially growing instability that converts it into a black hole. Such instabilities might have homogenized the early universe.

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.33.442;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
442-444
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
6159285
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
BLACK HOLES; COSMOLOGICAL MODELS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; SCHWARZSCHILD METRIC; SINGULARITY; SPACE-TIME; STAR EVOLUTION; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METRICS

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