Difficulties with inflationary cosmology
Conference
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· Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (USA)
OSTI ID:6478569
- Texas Univ., Richardson (USA)
The problems posed for inflationary cosmological models by (1) the large-scale homogeneity of the universe and (2) the second law of thermodynamics are considered theoretically. The analyses of Penrose (1979, 1981, 1988, and 1989) are summarized and illustrated with graphs and diagrams. Particular attention is given to the definition of entropy in the cosmological context, gravitational entropy, the low entropy of the big bang, and the Weyl curvature hypothesis. 23 refs.
- OSTI ID:
- 6478569
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-881268--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; (USA) Journal Volume: 571
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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