希波的奥古斯丁的时间哲学与广义相对论
综合物理
2014-03-31 v3 广义相对论与量子宇宙学
摘要
提出了一种宇宙学模型,该模型使用因果性论证来解决宇宙学的均匀性和熵问题。在该模型中,一个违反时序的时空区域在因果上先于宇宙的其余部分,并且一个定理确立了时间函数恰好存在于违反时序的区域之外。该模型被证明能很好地再现希波的奥古斯丁关于时间和宇宙开端的思想。在该模型中,代表大爆炸的类空边界被一个类光超曲面所取代,在该超曲面上,引力自由度几乎冻结,而物质和辐射含量高度均匀且热化。
引用
@article{arxiv.0909.3876,
title = {Augustine of Hippo's philosophy of time meets general relativity},
author = {E. Minguzzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.3876},
year = {2014}
}
备注
23 pages, 2 figures. Originally prepared for the FQXi contest "What's Ultimately Possible in Physics?" with the title "Can God find a place in physics? St. Augustine's philosophy meets general relativity". v3: with respect to the published version it includes a further appendix with the proof of Theorem 3.4