1968/04/01 by S. W. Hawking, George Ellis · 5 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Relativity and Gravitational Theory #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
paper · doi:10.1086/149520
openalex publication_date 1968/04/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
A recent theorem on the occurrence of space-time singularities is discussed. It is shown that observa- tions of 30 K black-body background radiation indicate that the Universe contains a singularity if the general theory of relativity holds, if the energy-momentum tensor obeys a reasonable inequality, and if causality is not violated. The possible nature of the singularity is discussed