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Eternal inflation predicts that time will end

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Bousso, Raphael; Freivogel, Benjamin W.; Leichenauer, Stefan; Rosenhaus, Vladimir
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Abstract
Present treatments of eternal inflation regulate infinities by imposing a geometric cutoff. We point out that some matter systems reach the cutoff in finite time. This implies a nonzero probability for a novel type of catastrophe. According to the most successful measure proposals, our galaxy is likely to encounter the cutoff within the next 5×109 years.
Date issued
2011-01
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63093
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Journal
Physical Review D
Publisher
American Physical Society
Citation
Bousso, Raphael, Ben Freivogel, Stefan Leichenauer, and Vladimir Rosenhaus. "Eternal inflation predicts that time will end." Phys. Rev. D 83:2 023525 (2011)© 2011 American Physical Society.
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1550-7998

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