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dc.contributor.author Sivaram, C
dc.contributor.author Sinha, K. P
dc.contributor.author Lord, E. A
dc.date.accessioned 2008-11-05T14:02:50Z
dc.date.available 2008-11-05T14:02:50Z
dc.date.issued 1974-06
dc.identifier.citation Nature, Vol. 249, 640 - 641 en
dc.identifier.issn 0028-0836
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2248/3996
dc.description.abstract TRAUTMAN has postulated1 that the usual space-time singularity occurring in classical cosmological models and in the gravitational collapse of massive objects could be averted if intrinsic spin effects are incorporated into general relativity by adding torsion terms to the usual Einstein field equations, that is through the Einstein-Cartan theory. Invoking a primordial magnetic field for aligning all the individual nuclear spins he shows that his universe consisting of 10/Sup80 aligned neutrons collapses to a minimum radius of the order of 1 cm with a corresponding matter density of 10/sup55 g cm/sup-3. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Nature Publishing Group en
dc.relation.uri http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v249/n5458/abs/249640a0.html en
dc.subject Trautman en
dc.subject Space-Time en
dc.subject Classical Cosmological Models en
dc.subject Gravitational Collapse Of Massive Objects en
dc.subject Intrinsic Spin Effects en
dc.subject General Relativity en
dc.subject Einstein-Cartan Theory en
dc.subject Magnetic Field For Aligning en
dc.subject Nuclear Spins en
dc.subject Neutrons Collapses en
dc.title f Gravity and gravitational singularities en
dc.type Article en


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