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Title: Ab initio estimates of the size of the observable universe

Abstract

When one combines multiverse predictions by Bousso, Hall, and Nomura for the observed age and size of the universe in terms of the proton and electron charge and masses with anthropic predictions of Carter, Carr, and Rees for these masses in terms of the charge, one gets that the age of the universe should be roughly the inverse 64th power, and the cosmological constant should be around the 128th power, of the proton charge. Combining these with a further renormalization group argument gives a single approximate equation for the proton charge, with no continuous adjustable or observed parameters, and with a solution that is within 8% of the observed value. Using this solution gives large logarithms for the age and size of the universe and for the cosmological constant that agree with the observed values within 17%.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics, 4-183 CCIS, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E1 Canada (Canada)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22277741
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 2011; Journal Issue: 09; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1475-7516
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; APPROXIMATIONS; ASTROPHYSICS; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGY; ELECTRONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; MASS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; PROTONS; RENORMALIZATION; UNIVERSE

Citation Formats

Page, Don N., E-mail: profdonpage@gmail.com. Ab initio estimates of the size of the observable universe. United States: N. p., 2011. Web. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/037.
Page, Don N., E-mail: profdonpage@gmail.com. Ab initio estimates of the size of the observable universe. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/037
Page, Don N., E-mail: profdonpage@gmail.com. 2011. "Ab initio estimates of the size of the observable universe". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/037.
@article{osti_22277741,
title = {Ab initio estimates of the size of the observable universe},
author = {Page, Don N., E-mail: profdonpage@gmail.com},
abstractNote = {When one combines multiverse predictions by Bousso, Hall, and Nomura for the observed age and size of the universe in terms of the proton and electron charge and masses with anthropic predictions of Carter, Carr, and Rees for these masses in terms of the charge, one gets that the age of the universe should be roughly the inverse 64th power, and the cosmological constant should be around the 128th power, of the proton charge. Combining these with a further renormalization group argument gives a single approximate equation for the proton charge, with no continuous adjustable or observed parameters, and with a solution that is within 8% of the observed value. Using this solution gives large logarithms for the age and size of the universe and for the cosmological constant that agree with the observed values within 17%.},
doi = {10.1088/1475-7516/2011/09/037},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22277741}, journal = {Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics},
issn = {1475-7516},
number = 09,
volume = 2011,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2011}
}