Year: 1995
Type: article
Abstract: An interpretation of spacelike singularities in string theory uses target-space duality to relate the collapsing Schwarzschild geometry near the singularity to an inflationary cosmology in dual variables. An appealing picture thus results whereby gravitational collapse seeds the formation of a new universe.
Source: Classical and Quantum Gravity
Author: Emil Martinec
Institution: University of Chicago
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2089458934