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QUIESCENT COSMOLOGY AND THE FINAL STATE OF THE UNIVERSE

PHILIPP A. HÖHN

Centre for Gravitational Physics, Department of Physics, College of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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SUSAN M. SCOTT

Centre for Gravitational Physics, Department of Physics, College of Science, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271808012280Cited by:3 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

It has long been a primary objective of cosmology to understand the apparent isotropy in our universe and to provide a mathematical formulation for its evolution. A promising school of thought for its explanation is quiescent cosmology, which already possesses a mathematical framework, namely the definition of an isotropic singularity, but only for the initial state of the universe. A complementary framework is necessary in order to also describe possible final states of the universe. Our new definitions of an anisotropic future endless universe and an anisotropic future singularity, whose structure and properties differ significantly from those of the isotropic singularity, offer a promising realization for this framework. The combination of the three definitions together may then provides the first complete formalization of the quiescent cosmology concept.

This essay received an "honorable mention" in the 2007 Essay Competition of the Gravity Research Foundation.

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