Disturbing implications of a cosmological constant

Lisa Dyson; Matthew Kleban; Leonard Susskind

doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/011

Disturbing implications of a cosmological constant

Lisa Dyson, Matthew Kleban, Leonard Susskind

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In this paper we consider the implications of a cosmological constant for the evolution of the universe, under a set of assumptions motivated by the holographic and horizon complementarity principles. We discuss the "causal patch" description of spacetime required by this framework, and present some simple examples of cosmologies described this way. We argue that these assumptions inevitably lead to very deep paradoxes, which seem to require major revisions of our usual assumptions.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	239-258
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	6
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/011
State	Published - Oct 1 2002

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Black Holes in String Theory
Physics of the Early Universe

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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