Indefinite Information Processing in Ever-expanding Universes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-10 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
We show that generic anisotropic universes arbitrarily close to the open Friedmann universe allow information processing to continue into the infinite future if there is no cosmological constant or stable gravitationally repulsive stress, and the spatial topology is non-compact. An infinite amount of information can be processed by ``civilisations'' who harness the temperature gradients created by gravitational tidal energy. These gradients are driven by the gravitational waves that sustain the expansion shear and three-curvature anisotropy.
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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0302076,
title = {Indefinite Information Processing in Ever-expanding Universes},
author = {John D. Barrow and Sigbjorn Hervik},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0302076},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages