Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jun 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...392..394h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 392, no. 2, June 20, 1992, p. 394-402.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Galactic Evolution, Relativity, Universe, Galactic Clusters, Phase Transformations, Relic Radiation, Taylor Instability
Scientific paper
It is shown that the universe may consist of a patchwork of domains with different Riemann curvature constants k = 0, +/-1. Features of a phase transition in which flat space breaks up in a transition 2k0 - k(-) + k(+) with initial scale factors R(-) = R(+) are postulated and explored. It is shown that such a transition is energetically permitted, has the equivalent of a Curie temperature, and can lead in a natural way to the formation of voids and galaxies. It is predicted that, if the ambient universe on average is well fitted by a purely k(-) space, with only occasional domains of k(+) containing galaxies, a density parameter of (A(zc + 1)) super -1 should be expected, where zc represents the redshift of the earliest objects to have condensed, and A takes on values ranging from about 5 to 3. Present observations of quasars would suggest a density of about 0.03 or 0.05, respectively, but it could be lower if earlier condensation took place.
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