Eternal inflation predicts that time will end

被引：28

作者：

Bousso, Raphael ^{[1
,2
,3
,4
]}

Freivogel, Ben ^{[5
,6
]}

Leichenauer, Stefan ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

Rosenhaus, Vladimir ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Ctr Theoret Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[3] Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[4] Univ Tokyo, Inst Phys & Math Universe, Kashiwa, Chiba 2778568, Japan

[5] MIT, Ctr Theoret Phys, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

[6] MIT, Nucl Sci Lab, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW D | 2011年 / 83卷 / 02期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

UNIVERSE;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevD.83.023525

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Present treatments of eternal inflation regulate infinities by imposing a geometric cutoff. We point out that some matter systems reach the cutoff in finite time. This implies a nonzero probability for a novel type of catastrophe. According to the most successful measure proposals, our galaxy is likely to encounter the cutoff within the next 5 x 10(9) years.

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