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On E.D. Jones' MICROCOSMOLOGY
Author(s) -
H. Pierre Noyes
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
astrophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/812611
Subject(s) - physics , approx , omega , dark energy , cosmic microwave background , baryon , cosmology , big bang nucleosynthesis , universe , particle physics , quantum mechanics , nucleosynthesis , nuclear reaction , anisotropy , computer science , operating system
By taking seriously the limits on observability which come from combining relativistic quantum mechanics with general relativity, Ed Jones has shown that the current measurements of the cosmological constant density {Omega}{sub {Lambda}} {approx} 0.7 imply that the temperature scale at which it becomes possible to discuss cosmological models is {approx} 5 Tev (5.8 x 10{sup 16} K). This is self-consistent with the assumption that the number of Planck masses which make some sort of ''phase transition'' to this state is N{sub Pk} {approx} 4 x 10{sup 61}. We review Jones' argument and the bit-string physics calculation which gives the baryon-photon ratio at nucleosynthesis as {approx} 2/256{sup 4}, the dark matter-baryon ratio as {approx} 12.7, and hence {Omega}{sub m} {approx} 0.3, in agreement with current observations. Accepting these values for the two energy densities {Omega}{sub {Lambda}} + {Omega}{sub m} {approx} 1 in accord with recent analyses of fluctuations in the CMB showing that space is flat to about 6%. We conclude that experiments with particle accelerators in the 5-10 Tev range must either show that current theory can adequately describe the currently observed structure of our universe or force us to revise our ideas about physics at a very fundamental level.

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