The authors, Jennie Traschen and David Kastor, enjoy the wit and humor of Oscar Wilde. The image above has been obtained from the Wikimedia website, where it is stated to have been released into the public domain. It is included within this blog post on that basis.
Like Oscar Wilde’s famous 1895 play, our recent CQG article “Melvin Magnetic Fluxtube/Cosmology Correspondence,” features an intricate interplay of dual and concealed identities. While our paper lacks the biting wit of Wilde’s dialogue, e.g.
“I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever,”
our revelations regarding true identity do play out on a more vast, indeed a cosmic stage.
Melvin’s solution to the Einstein-Maxwell equations describes a static bundle of magnetic flux-lines bound together by self-gravity. Originally discovered in 1963, it has a rich and influential history. In 1964, Thorne studied the stability of what he called “Melvin’s Magnetic Universe.” Its resistance to gravitational collapse was an important clue leading to the formulation of his well-known hoop conjecture. In 1975, Ernst showed that Continue reading →
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