English
Related papers

Related papers: Anthropics and Myopics: Conditional Probabilities …

200 papers

We study some collective phenomena that may happen in a multiverse scenario. First, it is posed an interaction scheme between universes whose evolution is dominated by a cosmological constant. As a result of the interaction, the value of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-04 A. Alonso-Serrano , C. Bastos , O. Bertolami , S. Robles-Perez

We have found that the hierarchial problems appearing in cosmology is a manifestation of the quantum nature of the universe. The universe is still described by the same formulae that once hold at Planck's time. The universe is found to be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 Arbab I. Arbab

The smallness of the cosmological constant is one of the basic problems in particle physics and cosmology. Various attempts have been made to explain this mystery, but no satisfactory solution has been found yet. The appearance of extra…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-06 Hans Peter Nilles

We will discuss the link between scientific explanations and probabilities, specially in relationship with statistical mechanics and the derivation of macroscopic laws from microscopic ones.

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-06-18 Jean Bricmont

A numerical coincidence relating the values of the cosmological, gravitational and electromagnetic fine structure constants is presented and discussed in relation to the apparent anthropic fine-tuning of these three fundamental constants of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-10-26 Laurence Eaves

An analogy is developed between the bubble universe model and the Young-Laplace equation obtaining an analogic equation and commenting some numerical results produced by its application. The results, even if based on a simple analogy,…

General Physics · Physics 2012-08-21 C. Della Volpe

In this paper we investigate possible solutions to the coincidence problem in flat phantom dark energy models with a constant dark energy equation of state and quintessence models with a linear scalar field potential. These models are…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-19 A. Barreira , P. P. Avelino

A cosmological constant fits all current dark energy data, but requires two extreme fine tunings, both of which are currently explained by anthropic arguments. Here we discuss anti-anthropic solutions to one of these problems: the cosmic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Joseph M. Fedrow , Kim Griest

Two sides of cosmological constant problem are discussed: a mysterious compensation of all contributions to vacuum energy with the accuracy of 100-50 orders of magnitude and a surprising equality of a constant vacuum energy density to the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2007-05-23 A. D. Dolgov

For a universe presently dominated by static or dynamic vacuum energy, cosmological constant (LCDM) or quintessence (QCDM), we calculate the asymptotic collapsed mass fraction as function of the present ratio of vacuum energy to clustered…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 Sidney Bludman

We review astrophysical, cosmological and terrestrial evidence for and against the constancy of fundamental parameters of particle physics, and discuss theoretical issues of unification and scalar-mediated forces, finding that the current…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas Dent

We show by using the method of matched asymptotic expansions that a sufficient condition can be derived which determines when a local experiment will detect the cosmological variation of a scalar field which is driving the spacetime…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 John D. Barrow , Douglas J. Shaw

We will look for an implementation of new symmetries in the space-time structure and their cosmological implications. This search will allow us to find a unified vision for electrodynamics and gravitation. We will attempt to develop a…

General Physics · Physics 2011-11-10 Claudio Nassif

The cosmological constant is an unexplained until now phenomena of nature that requires an explanation through string effects. The apparent discrepancy between theory and experiment is enourmous and has already been explained several times…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Gordon Chalmers

The definition of thermodynamic entropy is dependent on one's assignment of physical microstates to observed macrostates. As a result, low entropy in the distant past could be equivalently explained by selection of a particular observer. In…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-22 Brendon Matusch

The role of global topology in the dynamics of the Universe is poorly understood. Along with observational programmes for determining the topology of the Universe, some small theoretical steps have recently been made. Heuristic…

General Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Boudewijn F. Roukema

I examine some non-anthropic approaches to the string landscape. These approaches are based on finding the initial conditions of the universe using the wavefunction of the multiverse to select the most probable vacuum out of this landscape.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Edward Tetteh-Lartey

We discuss the cosmological constant problem in the light of dilatation symmetry and its possible anomaly. For dilatation symmetric quantum theories realistic asymptotic cosmology is obtained provided the effective potential has a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-11-13 C. Wetterich

Recently, the notion that the number of vacua is enormous has received increased attentions, which may be regarded as a possible anthropical explanation to incredible small cosmological constant. Further, a dynamical mechanisms to implement…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-10 Yun-Song Piao

The physical meaning of entropy is analyzed in the context of statistical, nuclear, atomic physics and cosmology. Only the microcanonical Boltzmann entropy leads to no contradictions in several simple, elementary and for thermodynamics…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 D. H. E. Gross