| Автор | Ruth Durrer |
| Автор | Joachim Laukenmann |
| Дата выпуска | 1996-05-01 |
| dc.description | The aim of this paper is to show that the `oscillating universe' is a viable alternative to inflation. We recall that this model provides a natural solution to the flatness or entropy and to the horizon problem of standard cosmology. We study the evolution of density perturbations and determine the power spectrum in a closed universe. The results lead to constraints on how a previous cycle might have looked. We argue that most of the radiation entropy of the present universe may have originated from gravitational entropy produced in a previous cycle. We show that measurements of the power spectrum on very large scales could, in principle, decide whether our universe is closed, flat or open. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Institute of Physics Publishing |
| Название | The oscillating universe: an alternative to inflation |
| Тип | paper |
| DOI | 10.1088/0264-9381/13/5/021 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1361-6382 |
| Print ISSN | 0264-9381 |
| Журнал | Classical and Quantum Gravity |
| Том | 13 |
| Первая страница | 1069 |
| Последняя страница | 1087 |
| Выпуск | 5 |
