Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Scientific paper
2009-05-18
Int.J.Mod.Phys.D18:2257-2263,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
8 pages, This essay received an honorable mention in the Gravity Research Foundation Essay Competition, 2009
Scientific paper
10.1142/S021827180901593X
We present a novel solution to the nature and formation of the initial state of the Universe. It derives from the physics of a generally covariant extension of Matrix theory. We focus on the dynamical state space of this background independent quantum theory of gravity and matter, an infinite dimensional, complex non-linear Grassmannian. When this space is endowed with a Fubini--Study-like metric, the associated geodesic distance between any two of its points is zero. This striking mathematical result translates into a physical description of a hot, zero entropy Big Bang. The latter is then seen as a far from equilibrium, large fluctuation driven, metastable ordered transition, a ``freezing by heating'' jamming transition. Moreover, the subsequent unjamming transition could provide a mechanism for inflation while rejamming may model a Big Crunch, the final state of gravitational collapse.
Jejjala Vishnu
Kavic Michael
Minic Djordje
Tze Chia-Hsiung
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