An entropic cosmological principle

Authors
Citation
Jd. Barrow, An entropic cosmological principle, MOD PHY L A, 14(16), 1999, pp. 1067-1071
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS A
ISSN journal
02177323 → ACNP
Volume
14
Issue
16
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1067 - 1071
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-7323(19990530)14:16<1067:AECP>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We show why there is a huge disparity between the radiation and Bekenstein- Hawking entropies of the universe today. We explain why this disparity does not tell us that the universe is in a highly improbable state. The coincid ence of the classical and quantum entropies for black holes with Hawking li fetime equal to the age of the universe, and hence of radius equal to the p roton size, is shown to a consequence of observing the universe at the main -sequence lifetime.