Predicting the Cosmological Constant from the Causal Entropic Principle

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dc.creatorBousso, Raphael
dc.creatorHarnik, Roni
dc.creatorKribs, Graham D.
dc.creatorPerez, Gilad
dc.date2007-02-15
dc.date2007-09-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:23:38Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:23:38Z
dc.descriptionWe compute the expected value of the cosmological constant in our universe from the Causal Entropic Principle. Since observers must obey the laws of thermodynamics and causality, the principle asserts that physical parameters are most likely to be found in the range of values for which the total entropy production within a causally connected region is maximized. Despite the absence of more explicit anthropic criteria, the resulting probability distribution turns out to be in excellent agreement with observation. In particular, we find that dust heated by stars dominates the entropy production, demonstrating the remarkable power of this thermodynamic selection criterion. The alternative approach - weighting by the number of "observers per baryon" - is less well-defined, requires problematic assumptions about the nature of observers, and yet prefers values larger than present experimental bounds.
dc.description38 pages, 9 figures, minor correction in Figure 2
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702115
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0702115
dc.identifierPhys.Rev.D76:043513,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevD.76.043513
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/194954
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Phenomenology
dc.titlePredicting the Cosmological Constant from the Causal Entropic Principle
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