Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • Letter
  • Published:

The Steady Universe with Charge Excess

Abstract

RECENTLY, Lyttleton and Bondi1 put forward the suggestion that the expansion of the Universe is caused by the absolute values of the charges of the proton and the electron not being equal, thereby giving a net charge to the hydrogen atom, and causing mutual repulsion in the universe, which to a first approximation may be considered as composed of a uniform distribution of hydrogen atoms. The analysis of Lyttleton and Bondi may be simplified by the use of the creation potential N suggested by Watson2, and this simplification is the main purpose of this communication.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Lyttleton, R. A., and Bondi, H., Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 252, 313 (1959).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  2. Watson, W. H., Proc. Second Symp. App. Math. Amer. Math. Soc., 49 (1950).

  3. Klein, O., Proc. 1958 Solvay Conf., 36 (1958).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

CHAMBERS, L. The Steady Universe with Charge Excess. Nature 191, 262–263 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191262a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/191262a0

This article is cited by

Comments

By submitting a comment you agree to abide by our Terms and Community Guidelines. If you find something abusive or that does not comply with our terms or guidelines please flag it as inappropriate.

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing