scholarly journals BEKENSTEIN BOUND OF INFORMATION NUMBER N AND ITS RELATION TO COSMOLOGICAL PARAMETERS IN A UNIVERSE WITH AND WITHOUT COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT

2013 ◽  
Vol 28 (19) ◽  
pp. 1350077 ◽  
Author(s):  
IOANNIS HARANAS ◽  
IOANNIS GKIGKITZIS

Bekenstein has obtained an upper limit on the entropy S, and from that, an information number bound N is deduced. In other words, this is the information contained within a given finite region of space that includes a finite amount of energy. Similarly, this can be thought as the maximum amount of information required to perfectly describe a given physical system down to its quantum level. If the energy and the region of space are finite then the number of information N required in describing the physical system is also finite. In this short paper, two information number bounds are derived and compared for two types of universe. First, a universe without a cosmological constant Λ and second a universe with a cosmological constant Λ are investigated. This is achieved with the derivation of two different relations that connect the Hubble constant and cosmological constants to the number of information N. We find that the number of information N involved in the two universes are identical or N2 = N2Λ, and that the total mass of the universe scales as the square root of the information number N, containing. an information number N of the order of 10122. Finally, we expressed Calogero's quantization action as a function of the number of information N. We also have found that in self-gravitating systems the number of information N in nats is the ratio of the total kinetic to total thermal energy of the system.

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (14) ◽  
pp. 2030014
Author(s):  
Elcio Abdalla ◽  
Alessandro Marins

The most important problem in fundamental physics is the description of the contents of the Universe. Today, we know that 95% thereof is totally unknown. Two thirds of that amount is the mysterious Dark Energy described in an interesting and important review [E. J. Copeland, M. Sami and S. Tsujikawa, Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 15 (2006) 1753]. We briefly extend here the ideas contained in that review including the more general Dark Sector, that is, Dark Matter and Dark Energy, eventually composing a new physical Sector. Understanding the Dark Sector with precision is paramount for us to be able to understand all the other cosmological parameters comprehensively as modifications of the modeling could lead to potential biases of inferred parameters of the model, such as measurements of the Hubble constant and distance indicators such as the Baryon Acoustic Oscillations. We discuss several modern methods of observation that can disentangle the different possible descriptions of the Dark Sector. The possible applications of some theoretical developments are also included in this paper as well as a more thorough evaluation of new observational techniques at lower frequencies and gravitational waves.


Author(s):  
Malcolm S. Longair

Since 1980, our empirical knowledge of the universe has advanced tremendously and precision cosmology has become a reality. These developments have been largely technology-driven, the result of increased computer power, new generations of telescopes for all wavebands, new types of semiconductor detectors, such as CCDs, and major investments by many nations in superb observing facilities. The discipline also benefitted from the influx of experimental and theoretical physicists into the cosmological arena. The accuracy and reliability of the values of the cosmological parameters has improved dramatically, many of them now being known to about 1%. The ΛCDM model provides a remarkable fit to all the observational data, demonstrating that the cosmological constant is non-zero and that the global geometry of the universe is flat. The underlying physics of galaxy and large-scale structure formation has advanced dramatically and demonstrated the key roles played by dark matter and dark energy.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (S289) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy L. Freedman

AbstractTwenty years ago, there was disagreement at a level of a factor of two as regards the value of the expansion rate of the Universe. Ten years ago, a value that was good to 10% was established using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), completing one of the primary missions that NASA designed and built the HST to undertake. Today, after confronting most of the systematic uncertainties listed at the end of the Key Project, we are looking at a value of the Hubble constant that is plausibly known to within 3%. In the near future, an independently determined value of H0 good to 1% is desirable to constrain the extraction of other cosmological parameters from the power spectrum of the cosmic microwave background in defining a concordance model of cosmology. We review recent progress and assess the future prospects for those tighter constraints on the Hubble constant, which were unimaginable just a decade ago.


2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050002
Author(s):  
G. K. Goswami ◽  
Anirudh Pradhan ◽  
A. Beesham

In this paper, we have presented a model of the Friedmann–Lemaitre–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) universe filled with matter and dark energy (DE) fluids by assuming an ansatz that deceleration parameter (DP) is a linear function of the Hubble constant. This results in a time-dependent DP having decelerating–accelerating transition phase of the universe. This is a quintessence model [Formula: see text]. The quintessence phase remains for the period [Formula: see text]. The model is shown to satisfy current observational constraints. Various cosmological parameters relating to the history of the universe have been investigated.


2020 ◽  
Vol 495 (4) ◽  
pp. 3571-3575
Author(s):  
Phillip Helbig

ABSTRACT Several authors have made claims, none of which has been rebutted, that the flatness problem, as formulated by Dicke and Peebles, is not really a problem but rather a misunderstanding. Nevertheless, the flatness problem is still widely perceived to be real. Most of the arguments against the idea of a flatness problem are based on the change with time of the density parameter Ω and normalized cosmological constant λ and, since the Hubble constant H is not considered, are independent of time-scale. An independent claim is that fine-tuning is required in order to produce a Universe which neither collapsed after a short time nor expanded so quickly that no structure formation could take place. I show that this claim does not imply that fine-tuning of the basic cosmological parameters is necessary, in part for similar reasons as in the more restricted flatness problem and in part due to an incorrect application of the idea of perturbing the early Universe in a gedankenexperiment; I discuss some typical pitfalls of the latter.


2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (03) ◽  
pp. 367-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
ISHWAREE P. NEUPANE ◽  
HOLLY TROWLAND

Dark energy is some of the weirdest and most mysterious stuff in the universe that tends to increase the rate of expansion of the universe. Two commonly known forms of dark energy are the cosmological constant, a constant energy density filling space homogeneously, and scalar fields such as quintessence or moduli whose energy density can vary with time. We explore one particular model for dynamic dark energy: quintessence driven by a scalar dilaton field. We propose an ansatz for the form of the dilaton field, |ϕ(a)|mP ≡ α1 ln t + α2tn = α ln a + βa2ζ, where a is the scale factor and α and ζ are parameters of the model. This phenomenological ansatz for ϕ can be motivated by generic solutions of a scalar dilaton field in many effective string theory and string-inspired gravity models in four dimensions. Most of the earlier discussions in the literature correspond to the choice that ζ = 0 so that ϕ(t) ∝ ln t or ϕ(t) ∝ ln a(t). Using a compilation of current data including type Ia supernovae, we impose observational constraints on the slope parameters like α and ζ and then discuss the relation of our results to analytical constraints on various cosmological parameters, including the dark energy equation of state. Some useful constraints are imposed on model parameters like α and ζ as well as on the dark energy/dark matter couplings using results from structure formation. The constraints of this model are shown to encompass the cosmological constant limit within 1σ error bars.


2019 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 588-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.K. Goswami

In this paper, we have presented a cosmological model that represents spatially homogenous and isotropic accelerating universe from the perspective of the latest developments begun by Perlmutter and Riess in cosmology. For this, Friedmann–Robertson–Walker (FRW) space–time metric is considered and our universe is assumed to be filled with two types of fluids. One is ordinary baryonic perfect fluid and the other one is mysterious and bizarre dark energy perfect fluid with negative pressure. This creates a repulsive field that produces acceleration in the universe. We have used 581 Union 2.1 compilation data to statistically estimate present values of cosmological parameters Ωde, Ωm, Ωk and equation of state parameter ωde for our model. We have used 31 datasets of observed values of Hubble constant for various redshifts to estimate the present value of Hubble constant H0. On the basis of these we have calculated the present age of the universe, densities, and deceleration parameter. Evolution of deceleration parameter shows that our universe has gone through an accelerating phase two times. In the beginning, and at present. We have also calculated Particle horizon and the time at which acceleration began. Our results are close to latest surveys.


2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (20) ◽  
pp. 1450093
Author(s):  
Sayantani Lahiri ◽  
Soumitra SenGupta

In the backdrop of generalized Randall–Sundrum braneworld scenario, we look for the possible origin of an effective four-dimensional cosmological constant (Ω vis ) on the visible three-brane due to the effects of bulk curvature and the modulus field that can either be a constant or a time-dependent quantity. In case of constant modulus field, the induced Ω vis leads to an exponentially expanding universe and the presence of vacuum energy densities on either of the three-branes as well as a nonvanishing bulk curvature [Formula: see text] are essential to generate an effective Ω vis . The Hubble constant turns out to be equal to the visible brane cosmological constant which agrees with the present result. In an alternative scenario, a time-dependent modulus field is found to be capable of decelerating the universe. The Hubble parameter, in this case is determined for a slowly time-varying modulus field.


2003 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 651-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. DIAZ-RIVERA ◽  
LUIS O. PIMENTEL

We consider a generalized scalar–tensor theory, where we let the coupling function ω(ϕ) and the effective cosmological constants Λ(ϕ) be undetermined. We obtain general expressions for ω(ϕ) and Λ(ϕ) in terms of the scalar field and the scale factor, and show that ω(ϕ) depends on the scalar field and the scale factor in a complicated way. In order to study the conditions for an accelerated expansion at the present time and a decelerated expansion in the past, we assume a power law evolution for the scalar field and the scale factor. We analyze the required conditions that allow our model to satisfy the weak field limits on ω(ϕ), and at the same time, to obtain the correct values of cosmological parameters, as the energy density Ωm0 and cosmological constant Λ(t0). We also study the conditions for a decelerated expansion at an early time dominated by radiation. We find values for ω(ϕ) and Λ(ϕ) consistent with the expectations of a where the cosmological constant decreases with the time and the coupling function increases until the values are accepted today.


Open Physics ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martiros Khurshudyan

AbstractIn this article we will consider several phenomenological models for the Universe with varying G and Λ(t), where G is the gravitational ”constant” and Λ(t) is a varying cosmological ”constant”. Two-component fluid model are taken into account. An interaction of the phenomenological form between a barotropic fluid and a quintessence DE is supposed. Three different forms of Λ(t) will be considered. The problem is analysed numerically and behavior of different cosmological parameters investigated graphically. Conclusion and discussions are given at the end of the work. In an Appendix information concerning to the other cosmological parameters is presented.


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