Curing singularities: From the big bang to black holes
- 15 June 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D
- Vol. 57 (12) , 7611-7614
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.57.7611
Abstract
Singular spacetimes are a natural prediction of Einstein’s theory. Most memorable are the singular centers of black holes and the big bang. However, dilatonic extensions of Einstein’s theory can support nonsingular spacetimes. The cosmological singularities can be avoided by dilaton driven inflation. Furthermore, a nonsingular black hole can be constructed in two dimensions.Keywords
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