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Complementarity in the Multiverse

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-07-09 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

In the multiverse, as in AdS, light-cones relate bulk points to boundary scales. This holographic UV-IR connection defines a preferred global time cut-off that regulates the divergences of eternal inflation. An entirely different cut-off, the causal patch, arises in the holographic description of black holes. Remarkably, I find evidence that these two regulators define the same probability measure in the multiverse. Initial conditions for the causal patch are controlled by the late-time attractor regime of the global description.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0901.4806,
  title  = {Complementarity in the Multiverse},
  author = {Raphael Bousso},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.4806},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

23 pages, 8 figures

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