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Is the number of photons conserved in an expanding universe?

M Novello, L A R Oliveira and J M Salim

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A Friedman-like scenario is described in which due to the direct coupling of electromagnetic fields to spacetime curvature-the total number of photons comprised in the Universe at a given epoch changes as the Universe expands. The photon number distribution function, according to this scenario, acquires an explicit dependence on a non-vanishing chemical potential term which accounts for the occurrence of tidal effects in the interaction of photons (which, in a gravitational field, should not be treated as idealised, point-like objects) with gravity. The total amount of entropy observed today may be reviewed from a new perspective and ipso facto explained away.


PACS

98.80.Jk Mathematical and relativistic aspects of cosmology

98.70.Vc Background radiations

MSC

83C50 Electromagnetic fields

83F05 Cosmology

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 1 (January 1990)



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