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 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