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J. Richard Gott

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#226

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Astronomy

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#199

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PhD Astronomy Princeton University

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According to Wikipedia, John Richard Gott III is a professor of astrophysical sciences at Princeton University. He is known for his work on time travel and the Doomsday argument. Exotic matter time travel theories Paul Davies's bestseller How to Build a Time Machine credits Gott with the proposal of using cosmic strings to create a time machine. Gott's machine depends upon the antigravitational tension of the strings to deform space without attracting nearby objects. The traveler would follow a precise path around rapidly separating strings, and find that he or she had moved backwards in time. Gott's solution does require that the strings are infinitely long, though: a theorem by Stephen Hawking proves that according to general relativity, closed timelike curves cannot be created in a finite region of space unless there is exotic matter present which violates certain energy conditions, while cosmic strings would not be expected to violate these conditions, so strings of finite length wouldn't work.

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J. Richard Gott's Published Works

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Published Works

On the Infall of Matter into Clusters of Galaxies and Some Effects on Their Evolution (1972) (2750)
SDSS-III: MASSIVE SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEYS OF THE DISTANT UNIVERSE, THE MILKY WAY, AND EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEMS (2007) (1644)
ERRATUM: “THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III” (2011, ApJS, 193, 29) (2011) (1079)
THE TENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST SPECTROSCOPIC DATA FROM THE SDSS-III APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY GALACTIC EVOLUTION EXPERIMENT (2013) (824)
Gravitational lensing effects of vacuum strings - Exact solutions (1984) (576)
Cosmological constraints from the clustering of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 luminous red galaxies (vol 404, pg 60, 2010) (2009) (504)
The Statistics of gravitational lenses: The Distributions of image angular separations and lens redshifts (1984) (489)
Cosmological implications of baryon acoustic oscillation measurements (2014) (479)
The Sponge-like Topology of Large-Scale Structure in the Universe (1986) (268)
Implications of the Copernican principle for our future prospects (1993) (243)
Creation of open universes from de Sitter space (1982) (241)
An unbound universe (1974) (197)
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS‐III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: cosmological implications of the large‐scale two‐point correlation function (2012) (184)
Median Statistics, H0, and the Accelerating Universe (2000) (176)
Topology of microwave background fluctuations - Theory (1990) (145)
General relativity in a (2 + 1)-dimensional space-time (1984) (128)
Groups of galaxies. I. A catalogue. (1976) (124)
THE EIGHTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST DATA FROM SDSS-III (2011) (123)
CLUSTERING OF SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY III PHOTOMETRIC LUMINOUS GALAXIES: THE MEASUREMENT, SYSTEMATICS, AND COSMOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS (2012) (117)
A quantitative approach to the topology of large-scale structure (1987) (97)
Topological analysis of the CfA redshift survey (1994) (96)
Non‐Gaussian Error Distribution of Hubble Constant Measurements (2003) (95)
N-body simulations of galaxy clustering. I. Initial conditions and galaxy collapse times (1979) (94)
The topology of the large-scale structure of the universe (1986) (88)
Can the Universe Create Itself (1997) (86)
On the formation of elliptical galaxies (1975) (86)
Minkowski Functionals of SDSS Galaxies I : Analysis of Excursion Sets (2003) (84)
THE HORIZON RUN N-BODY SIMULATION: BARYON ACOUSTIC OSCILLATIONS AND TOPOLOGY OF LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE (2008) (81)
THE NEW HORIZON RUN COSMOLOGICAL N-BODY SIMULATIONS (2011) (80)
The topology of large-scale structure. III: Analysis of observations (1989) (79)
RUNAWAY STARS AND THE PULSARS NEAR THE CRAB NEBULA. (1970) (78)
ACOUSTIC SCALE FROM THE ANGULAR POWER SPECTRA OF SDSS-III DR8 PHOTOMETRIC LUMINOUS GALAXIES (2012) (65)
THE CHALLENGE OF THE LARGEST STRUCTURES IN THE UNIVERSE TO COSMOLOGY (2012) (63)
Binned Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Power Spectra: Peak Location (2001) (63)
Recent Theories of Galaxy Formation (1977) (61)
The topology of large-scale structure. I - Topology and the random phase hypothesis (1987) (59)
On the formation of spiral and elliptical galaxies. (1975) (57)
CONSTRAINTS ON THE FORMATION OF BUBBLE UNIVERSES (1984) (56)
Three-Dimensional Genus Statistics of Galaxies in the SDSS Early Data Release (2002) (47)
Topology of large-scale structure. IV - Topology in two dimensions (1989) (46)
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe: The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time (2001) (45)
Strong gravitational lensing statistics as a test of cosmogonic scenarios (1994) (45)
The topology of large-scale structure. VI: Slices of the universe (1992) (42)
The topology of large-scale structure. II - Nonlinear evolution of Gaussian models (1988) (41)
Setting limits on q0 from gravitational lensing (1989) (41)
The genus curve of the Abell clusters (1994) (41)
Future prospects discussed (1994) (40)
Flexion and Skewness in Map Projections of the Earth (2006) (40)
GALAXY CLUSTERING TOPOLOGY IN THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY MAIN GALAXY SAMPLE: A TEST FOR GALAXY FORMATION MODELS (2010) (38)
Chaotic cosmologies and the topology of the universe (1980) (37)
Genus topology of the cosmic microwave background from the WMAP 3-year data (2006) (37)
Weak gravitational lensing due to large-scale structure of the universe (1990) (36)
General relativity in a (2+1)-dimensional space-time: An electrically charged solution (1986) (36)
Dynamical evolution of topology of large-scale structure. [in distribution of galaxies] (1991) (35)
The spatial distribution of dwarf galaxies in the CfA slice of the universe (1987) (33)
The area of isodensity contours in cosmological models and galaxy surveys (1989) (32)
Topology of COBE microwave background fluctuations (1996) (32)
Large-scale structure in the Southern Sky Redshift Survey (1992) (31)
Genus topology of the cosmic microwave background from WMAP (2003) (30)
Astronomical constraints on a string-dominated universe (1987) (29)
N-body simulations of galaxy clustering. III. The covariance function (1979) (29)
Self-Consistent Vacuum for Misner Space and the Chronology Protection Conjecture (1997) (29)
Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Correlation Function and Topology from Simulated Maps for MAP (1997) (28)
Boltzmann Brains--I'd Rather See Than Be One (2008) (27)
Inflation in Kaluza-Klein theory: Relation between the fine structure constant and the cosmological constant (1998) (27)
THREE-DIMENSIONAL GENUS TOPOLOGY OF LUMINOUS RED GALAXIES (2008) (26)
Northern dwarf and low surface brightness galaxies. IV - The large-scale space distribution (1991) (26)
Observations of the cosmic background radiation near the double quasar 1146 + 111B,C (1986) (25)
The topology of large-scale structure. V - Two-dimensional topology of sky maps (1992) (24)
Genus topology and cross-correlation of BICEP2 and Planck 353 GHz B-modes: further evidence favouring gravity wave detection (2014) (22)
A one-parameter formula for testing slow-roll dark energy: observational prospects (2013) (22)
An extension of the galaxy covariance function to small scales (1979) (21)
A time-symmetric, matter, antimatter, tachyon cosmology (1974) (20)
Will the universe expand forever (1975) (20)
Evidence for a spatially homogeneous component of the Universe: single galaxies (1975) (20)
Tachyon singularity: A spacelike counterpart of the Schwarzschild black hole (1974) (19)
Simulation of deep one- and two-dimensional redshift surveys (1991) (18)
Welcome to the Universe (2016) (16)
Using the topology of large-scale structure to constrain dark energy (2010) (16)
Large-Scale Motions in the Universe: Using Clusters of Galaxies as Tracers (1995) (15)
Angular momentum in the Local Group. (1978) (14)
The Coma Cluster as an X-Ray Source: Some Cosmological Implications (1971) (14)
The angular momentum of galaxies. (1977) (14)
N-body simulations of galaxy clustering. II. Groups of galaxies (1979) (14)
Recovering the real density field of galaxies from redshift space (1994) (13)
Dark energy as double N-flation – observational predictions (2010) (13)
Map Projections Minimizing Distance Errors (2006) (12)
Is QSO1146+111B,C due to lensing by a cosmic string? (1986) (12)
Eternal time machine in ( 2 + 1 ) -dimensional anti–de Sitter space (2002) (11)
Filamentary galaxy clustering: A mapping algorithm (1983) (10)
Median statistics in polling (2008) (8)
Lunar atomic hydrogen and its possible detection by scattered Lyman-alpha radiation (1970) (8)
A TOPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE, STUDIED USING THE CMASS SAMPLE OF SDSS-III (2013) (8)
Topology and the universe (1998) (7)
Cluster-cluster correlations and constraints on the correlation hierarchy (1988) (7)
A GRIM RECKONING (1997) (7)
HORIZON RUN 3: TOPOLOGY AS A STANDARD RULER (2013) (7)
I. MEASURING THE TOPOLOGY OF LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURE IN THE UNIVERSE (1988) (7)
The Three-Point Correlation Function for Abell Clusters: Observations and Simulations (1991) (7)
Our Future in the Universe (1996) (6)
Further Evidence for Collapsed Objects in Binary Star Systems (1971) (6)
THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY QUASAR LENS SEARCH. IV. STATISTICAL LENS SAMPLE FROM THE FIFTH DATA RELEASE (2010) (6)
A theory of galaxy formation and clustering. (1975) (6)
Why there are no elliptical galaxies flatter than E7 (1975) (5)
Lagrange L4/L5 Points and the Origin of Our Moon and Saturn's Moons and Rings (2005) (5)
Topology of Large-Scale Structure by Galaxy Type: Hydrodynamic Simulations (1995) (5)
Conditions for the formation of bubble universes. (1986) (5)
No Time Like the Past (2001) (4)
Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour (2016) (4)
Publisher's Note: Eternal time machine in (2+1)-dimensional anti de Sitter space [Phys. Rev. D 66, 084020 (2002)] (2003) (4)
A new index for measuring scientists’ output (2010) (4)
The Cosmic Web: Mysterious Architecture of the Universe (2016) (4)
Tories out on cue (1997) (3)
Colonies in space (2007) (3)
ABSOLUTE MEASUREMENTS OF THE FLUX OF CASSIOPEIA A AND TAURUS A AT 1.87 CENTIMETERS. (1971) (3)
Extraterrestrials: Cosmological SETI Frequency Standards (1995) (2)
Open, CDM, Inflationary Universes (1997) (2)
Flat Maps that improve on the Winkel Tripel (2021) (2)
Cosmology and life in the universe (1982) (2)
Reanalysis of the BICEP2, Keck and Planck Data: No Evidence for Gravitational Radiation (2017) (2)
Groups of Galaxies (1977) (1)
N-Body Simulations and the Value of ω (1978) (1)
A Simple 3D Isometric Embedding of the Flat Square Torus (2020) (1)
Will Upcoming Observations Distinguish Between Slow-Roll Dark Energy and a Cosmological Constant? (2013) (1)
The growth of structure in the universe (1980) (1)
Large-Scale Distortions in Map Projections (2006) (1)
The Topology of Reionization (2007) (0)
A map of the universe - eScholarship (2003) (0)
Topology of Large-Scale Structure: Recent Results (1991) (0)
Welcome to the Universe: The Problem Book (2017) (0)
The mirror galvanometer and scale (0)
EINSTEIN’S GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY (2016) (0)
7 Inflation and the Multiverse (2021) (0)
0 Ju l 2 00 2 Two-Dimensional Topology of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002) (0)
Envelope Polyhedra. (2019) (0)
A Black Hole Life Preserver (2003) (0)
A Sharp Event in the Image A Light Curve of the DoubleQuasar 0957 + 561 and Prediction of the 1996 Image B (2007) (0)
MapCurvature: Map Projections (2013) (0)
LARGE-SCALE MODES OF CLEANED THREE-YEAR WMAP CMB MAP (2007) (0)
0 Ju n 20 02 Two-Dimensional Topology of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002) (0)
O ct 2 00 5 A Map of the Universe (2021) (0)
The Topology of Galaxy Clustering in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Main Galaxy Sample : a Test for Galaxy Formation Models (2010) (0)
24. Our future in the Universe (2016) (0)
Transformation of galaxy morphology and luminosity (2008) (0)
19. Einstein’s general Theory of Relativity (2016) (0)
17. Einstein’s road to Relativity (2016) (0)
O ct 2 00 3 Draft v 3 . 0 A Map of the Universe (2004) (0)
A pr 2 00 0 Topology from the Simulated Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008) (0)
22. The shape of the Universe and the big bang (2016) (0)
Ju n 20 02 Two-Dimensional Topology of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002) (0)
The wire-finder (0)
A Brief Welcome to the Universe: A Pocket-Sized Tour (2021) (0)
Computer simulation of the universe. [Statistics, mass density] (1979) (0)
Causal Structure of the Early Universe (1983) (0)
18. Implications of Special Relativity (2016) (0)
Ju l 2 00 2 Two-Dimensional Topology of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2002) (0)
Tinkering with time (2007) (0)
Latest MAGIC discoveries pushing redshift boundaries in VHE Astrophysics (2016) (0)
Gravitational lenses. (1983) (0)
A new wire-finder (0)
Gravitational lenses and dark matter - Theory (1987) (0)
Transformation of Galaxy Morphology and Luminosity Classes (2007) (0)
1. PERSONNEL During the reporting year the research staff consisted of Neta Bahcall, Renyue Cen, Bruce (1998) (0)
The Sponge-Like Topology of Large Scale Structure in the Universe (1987) (0)
Statistical Measures of Large-Scale Structure (1993) (0)
KEYNOTE ADDRESS: "Why We Should Colonize Space" (2001) (0)
21. Cosmic strings, wormholes, and time travel (2016) (0)
A Brief Welcome to the Universe (2021) (0)
N-BODY SIMUIATIONS AND THE VALUE OF n (1978) (0)
Measures of Large-Scale Structure in the CfA Redshift Survey, III. (1993) (0)
On the value of author indices (2011) (0)
23. Inflation and recent developments in cosmology (2016) (0)
Longevity of the Human Spaceflight Program (2007) (0)
Scale, Luminosity and Morphology Dependence of Topology in the UZC+SSRS2 Catalog of Galaxies (2004) (0)

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