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Concern Regarding "A Non-Inflationary Solution to the Entropy Problem of Standard Cosmology."

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-01-07 v4 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We discuss the entropy and the size/homogeneity/horizon problems in power-law expanding universes with one scale initial conditions. We set the minimal scale Λ=1025\Lambda = 10^{25} GeV at which a non-inflationary solution is possible and show that the radiation dominated epoch alone technically is not able to explain the issue. An earlier paper on the subject, [1], attempts a multidimensional scenario. We review the scenario of the paper [1] in an effective four dimensional Einstein frame. We find that during contraction of extra dimensions, the residual bulk energy density is important and leads to a scaling solution. The existence of this scaling solution is a new result. We provide a numerical example which demonstrates the evolution of the scale factor and the extra dimensions. In the whole, the validity of the effective field theory calculations at the scale of Λ=1025\Lambda = 10^{25} GeV is under question and, hence, the final conclusion regarding the possibility of a non-inflationary solution is preliminary.

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@article{arxiv.0803.0216,
  title  = {Concern Regarding "A Non-Inflationary Solution to the Entropy Problem of Standard Cosmology."},
  author = {Natalia Shuhmaher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0803.0216},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures, content changed, references added

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