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Covariant entropy conjecture and concordance cosmological models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2 Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Recently a covariant entropy conjecture has been proposed for dynamical horizons. We apply this conjecture to concordance cosmological models, namely, those cosmological models filled with perfect fluids, in the presence of a positive cosmological constant. As a result, we find this conjecture has a severe constraint power. Not only does this conjecture rule out those cosmological models disfavored by the anthropic principle, but also it imposes an upper bound 106010^{-60} on the cosmological constant for our own universe, which thus provides an alternative macroscopic perspective for understanding the long-standing cosmological constant problem.

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@article{arxiv.0712.3821,
  title  = {Covariant entropy conjecture and concordance cosmological models},
  author = {Song He and Hongbao Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.3821},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure, JHEP style, references added, published version