On the Gravitization of Quantum Mechanics 2: Conformal Cyclic Cosmology

2013/11/26 by Roger Penrose · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s10701-013-9763-z

Abstract

The 2nd Law of thermodynamics was driven by the Big Bang being extraordinary special, with hugely suppressed gravitational degrees of freedom. This cannot have been simply the result of a conventional quantum gravity. Conformal cyclic cosmology proposes a different picture, of a classical evolution from an aeon preceding our own. The ultimate Hawking evaporation of black holes is key to the 2nd Law and requires information loss, violating unitarity in a strongly gravitational context.

Citations

• Particle creation by black holes

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