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

Work

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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

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Cosmological Committee of IAU[1]

Awards

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László Detre award.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "A keresett weboldalt 2020. December 15-én műszaki okokból leállítottuk". Archived from the original on 2013-07-29. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
  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.