Editorial note to: Georges Lemaître, The beginning of the world from the point of view of quantum theory
Abstract
This is an editorial note to accompany reprinting as a Golden Oldie in the Journal of General Relativity and Gravitation of the famous note by Georges Lemaitre on the quantum birth of the universe, published in Nature in 1931. We explain why this short (457 words) article can be considered to be the true "Charter" of the modern Big Bang theory.
- Publication:
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General Relativity and Gravitation
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10714-011-1213-7
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1105.6271
- Bibcode:
- 2011GReGr..43.2911L
- Keywords:
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- Beginning of the universe;
- Evolution of the universe;
- Georges Lemaître;
- Quantum birth of the universe;
- Primeval-atom model;
- Golden Oldie;
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics;
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- This is an editorial comment to accompany reprinting of a classical paper in the Journal of General Relativity and Gravitation. 16 pages, 2 figures