Published August 15, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Entropy of the microwave background radiation in the observable universe

Creators

  • 1. College of Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, YuQuan Road 19A, Beijing 100049 (China)

Description

We show that the cosmological constant at late-time places a bound on the entropy of microwave background radiation deposited in the future event horizon of a given observer, S≤SΛ03/4. This bound is independent of the energy scale of reheating and the FRW evolution after reheating. We also discuss why the entropy of microwave background in our observable universe has its present value

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
74
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 047301-047301.3
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38038884
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BACKGROUND RADIATION; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; COSMOLOGY; ENTROPY; EVOLUTION; RELICT RADIATION; UNIVERSE
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES

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