A new perspective on steady-state cosmology: from Einstein to Hoyle
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We recently reported the discovery of an unpublished manuscript by Albert Einstein in which he attempted a 'steady-state' model of the universe, i.e., a cosmic model in which the expanding universe remains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 for today's cosmology is briefly reviewed.
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@article{arxiv.1506.01651,
title = {A new perspective on steady-state cosmology: from Einstein to Hoyle},
author = {Cormac O'Raifeartaigh and Simon Mitton},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.01651},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
To be published in the 'Proceedings of the 2014 Institute of Physics International Conference on the History of Physics', Cambridge University Press. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1504.02873, arXiv:1402.0132