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Our aim is to investigate the thermodynamic properties of the universe bounded by the cosmological event horizon and dominated by the tachyon fluid. We give two different laws of evolution of our universe. Further, we show the first law and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-29 Fei-Quan Tu , Yi-Xin Chen

The concept of oscillatory Universe appears to be realistic and buried in the dynamic dark energy equation of state. We explore its evolutionary history under the frame work of general relativity. We observe that oscillations do not go…

General Physics · Physics 2013-03-15 Partha Pratim Ghosh , Saibal Ray , A. A. Usmani , Utpal Mukhopadhyay

Wavepackets in quantum mechanics spread and the Universe in cosmology expands. We discuss a formalism where the two effects can be unified. The basic assumption is that the Universe is determined by a unitarily evolving wavepacket defined…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-04-22 Marek Czachor , Andrzej Posiewnik

Many mechanisms, functions and structures of life have been unraveled. However, the fundamental driving force that propelled chemical evolution and led to life has remained obscure. The 2nd law of thermodynamics, written as an equation of…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2009-10-15 Arto Annila , Erkki Annila

The meaning of the expansion of the universe, or the `expansion of space,' is explored using two phenomena: the motion of a test particle against a homogeneous background and the cosmological redshift. Contrary to some expectations, a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alan B. Whiting

The present work shows that the second law of thermodynamics gets naturally satisfied during the entire cosmic evolution of the universe starting from inflation to the late dark energy era, without imposing any exotic condition. This makes…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-05 Sergei D. Odintsov , Tanmoy Paul , Soumitra SenGupta

A pair of symmetric expressions for the second law of thermodynamics is put forward. The conservation and transfer of entropy is discussed and applied to problems like biology, culture and life itself. A new explanation is given to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wang Zhen

We pointed out that the generalized second law of thermodynamics on a de Sitter universe whose energy density stochastically fluctuates due to quantum fluctuations is seemingly violated. We have shown that even in such a case, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-01-17 Naritaka Oshita

The Friedmann equation is derived for a Newtonian universe. Changing mass density to energy density gives exactly the Friedmann equation of general relativity. Accounting for work done by pressure then yields the two Einstein equations that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Thomas F. Jordan

Current theoretical physics suggests the flow of time is an illusion: the entire universe just is, with no special meaning attached to the present time. This paper points out that this view, in essence represented by usual space-time…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-12-02 George F R Ellis

Recent observations show that our universe is accelerating by dark energy, so it is important to investigate the thermodynamical properties of it. The Undulant Universe is a model with equation of state $\omega(a)=-\cos(b\ln a)$ for dark…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-06-18 Tian Lan , Tong-Jie Zhang , Bao-Quan Wang

I use cosmology examples to illustrate that the second law of thermodynamics is not old and tired, but alive and kicking, continuing to stimulate interesting research on really big puzzles. The question "Why is the entropy so low?" (despite…

Popular Physics · Physics 2015-09-09 Max Tegmark

Assuming that the universe is a system obedient to known thermodynamic laws and equations, here we explore whether it is a possibility for the universe to exist and evolve without any cosmic structure or force necessarily emerging within…

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Akinbo Ojo

We generalize f(R,T) gravity into the two-scalar theory that includes two independent scalar fields by the variational method, and we derive its field equations in Einstein frame using conformal transformation. Based on Friedmann equations…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-07-26 Jia-Cheng Ding , Ping Li , Cong Li , Qi-Qi Fan , Jian-Bo Deng

We discuss cosmological models for an eternal universe. Physical observables show no singularity from the infinite past to the infinite future. While the universe is evolving, there is no beginning and no end - the universe exists forever.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-08-27 C. Wetterich

We establish the general conditions under which evolution in the laws of physics and matter creation or destruction are closely intertwined. They make use of global time variables canonically dual to the constants of Nature. Such times flow…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-02-04 Paolo M Bassani , Joao Magueijo

We develop a new model for the Universe based on two key assumptions: first, the inertial energy of the Universe is a constant, and second, the total energy of a particle, the inertial plus the gravitational potential energy produced by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Hossein Shojaie , Mehrdad Farhoudi

In this paper we first construct a mathematical model for the Universe expansion that started up with the original Big Bang. Next, we discuss the problematic of the mechanical and physical laws invariance regarding the spatial frame…

General Physics · Physics 2012-10-10 Moukaddem Nazih

We provide a simple mathematical description of the exchange of energy between two fluids in an expanding Friedmann universe with zero spatial curvature. The evolution can be reduced to a single non-linear differential equation which we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 John D. Barrow , T. Clifton

Temperature is an outsider in the laws of motion given by Newton and Einstein and this oversight is the source of the predictions of time-reversal-invariance made by these two great systems of motion. By taking into consideration Planck's…

General Physics · Physics 2012-06-15 Randy Wayne