Boltzmann brains and the scale-factor cutoff measure of the multiverse

Boltzmann brains and the scale-factor cutoff measure of the multiverse

To make predictions for an eternally inflating "multiverse," one must adopt a procedure for regulating its divergent spacetime volume. Recently, a new test of such spacetime measures has emerged: normal observers-who evolve in pocket universes cooling from hot big bang conditions-must not...

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Main Authors: De Simone, Andrea (Contributor), Guth, Alan (Contributor), Linde, Andrei (Author), Noorbala, Mahdiyar (Author), Salem, Michael P. (Author), Vilenkin, Alexander (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-01-07T15:24:27Z.
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