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Title: | Properties of expanding universes | ||||||
Author: | Hawking, Stephen |
ORCID:
0000-0002-9079-593X
ISNI:
0000 0001 2103 4996
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Awarding Body: | University of Cambridge | ||||||
Current Institution: | University of Cambridge | ||||||
Date of Award: | 1966 | ||||||
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Some implications and consequences of the expansion of the universe are examined. In Chapter 1 it is shown that this expansion creates grave difficulties for the Hoyle-Narlikar theory of gravitation. Chapter 2 deals with perturbations of an expanding homogeneous and isotropic universe. The conclusion is reached that galaxies cannot be formed as a result of the growth of perturbations that were initially small. The propagation and absorption of gravitational radiation is also investigated in this approximation. In Chapter 3 gravitational radiation in an expanding universe is examined by a method of asymptotic expansions. The 'peeling off' behaviour and the asymptotic group are derived. Chapter 4 deals with the occurrence of singularities in cosmological models. It is shown that a singularity is inevitable provided that certain very general conditions are satisfied.
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Supervisor: | Not available | Sponsor: | Not available | ||||
Qualification Name: | Thesis (Ph.D.) | Qualification Level: | Doctoral | ||||
EThOS ID: | uk.bl.ethos.601153 | DOI: | |||||
Keywords: | Cosmology | ||||||
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