Hartle-Hawking state

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hypothetical state of the universe prior to the Planck epoch, in which time did not exist, only space.

Word forms

Hartle-Hawking state Hartle-Hawking states

Etymology

Named after James Hartle and Stephen Hawking.

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