Cosmology as a Problem in Critical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-10-28 v1 Astrophysics
Abstract
Several problems in cosmology and astrophysics are described in which critical phenomena of various types may play a role. These include the organization of the disks of spiral galaxies, various aspects of the problem of structure formation in icosmology, the problem of the selection of initial conditions and parameters in particle physics and cosmology and the problem of recovering the classical limit from non-perturbative formulations of quantum gravity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9505022,
title = {Cosmology as a Problem in Critical Phenomena},
author = {Lee Smolin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9505022},
year = {2009}
}
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52 pages, Latex File, No Figures