Making predictions in the multiverse

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/28/20/204007zbMATH Open1228.83127arXiv1105.0244OpenAlexW3102974082MaRDI QIDQ3100336FDOQ3100336

Ben Freivogel

Publication date: 24 November 2011

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: I describe reasons to think we are living in an eternally inflating multiverse where the observable "constants" of nature vary from place to place. The major obstacle to making predictions in this context is that we must regulate the infinities of eternal inflation. I review a number of proposed regulators, or measures. Recent work has ruled out a number of measures by showing that they conflict with observation, and focused attention on a few proposals. Further, several different measures have been shown to be equivalent. I describe some of the many nontrivial tests these measures will face as we learn more from theory, experiment, and observation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.0244

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Relativistic cosmology (83F05) Astrophysical cosmology (85A40)

Cited In (23)

• Self-organised localisation
• A tail of eternal inflation
• The string theory landscape
• The problem of cross-world predication
• Title not available (Why is that?)
• Predictability crisis in early universe cosmology
• Early-time measure in eternal inflation
• Clustering of primordial black holes from quantum diffusion during inflation
• On memory in exponentially expanding spaces
• Soft de Sitter effective theory
• Rolling through a vacuum
• Initial conditions for slow-roll inflation in a random Gaussian landscape
• Inflation in random Gaussian landscapes
• Sharp predictions from eternal inflation patches in D-brane inflation
• Effective field theories as a novel probe of fine-tuning of cosmic inflation
• Eternal inflation: when probabilities fail
• Slepian models for Gaussian random landscapes
• A local Wheeler-DeWitt measure for the string landscape
• Accessibility measure for eternal inflation: dynamical criticality and higgs metastability
• Eternal inflation in swampy landscapes
• Search optimization, funnel topography, and dynamical criticality on the string landscape
• Sliding naturalness: cosmological selection of the weak scale
• Mimetic inflation and self-reproduction

This page was built for publication: Making predictions in the multiverse

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q3100336)