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Hartle-Hawking_state

Hartle-Hawking state

English

Noun

Hartle-Hawking state ‎(plural Hartle-Hawking states)

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

Etymology

Named after James Hartle and Stephen Hawking.

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