György Paál (Budapest, 1934 – Budapest, 1992)[1] was a Hungarian astronomer and cosmologist.

Work edit

In the late 1950s Paál studied the quasar and galaxy cluster distributions. In 1970 from redshift quantization he came up with the idea that the Universe might have nontrivial topological structure.[2] [3] These are the oldest papers that associate real observations with the possibility that our universe could have nontrivial topology.[4]

Membership edit

Cosmological Committee of IAU[1]

Awards edit

László Detre award.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "A keresett weboldalt 2020. December 15-én műszaki okokból leállítottuk".
  2. ^ Paál, G. (1970). "Red shifts and Quasars". Science Journal. 6 (6): 101.
  3. ^ Paál, G. (1971). "The global structure of the universe and the distribution of quasi-stellar objects". Acta Physica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 30: 51–54. Bibcode:1971AcPhH..30...51P. doi:10.1007/bf03157173. S2CID 118710050.
  4. ^ Luminet, Jean-Pierre; Lachièze-Rey, Marc (1995). "Cosmic Topology". Physics Reports. 254 (3): 135–214. arXiv:gr-qc/9605010. Bibcode:1995PhR...254..135L. doi:10.1016/0370-1573(94)00085-h. S2CID 119500217.