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The entropy of the microwave background and the acceleration of the universe

Willy Fischler1, Amit Loewy1 and Sonia Paban1

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If the present acceleration of the universe is due to a cosmological constant, λ, then the entropy of the microwave background is bounded. It cannot exceed λ−3/4 ~ 1091, which is much less than the entropy of empty de Sitter space λ−1 ~ 10122. This is due to the limited efficiency of storing entropy by local field theoretical degrees of freedom. The observed entropy of the microwave background is of O(1085).


Keywords

Black Holes

Classical Theories of Gravity

 

E-print Number: hep-th/0307031

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PACS

05.70.Ce Thermodynamic functions and equations of state

04.70.-s Physics of black holes

98.80.Cq Particle-theory and field-theory models of the early Universe (including cosmic pancakes, cosmic strings, chaotic phenomena, inflationary universe, etc.)

Subjects

Gravitation and cosmology

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 09 (September 2003)

Received 28 July 2003, accepted for publication 10 September 2003

Published 16 September 2003



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