Modeling time's arrow

DOI10.3390/E14040614zbMATH Open1297.83012arXiv1203.4575OpenAlexW2136341347MaRDI QIDQ406033FDOQ406033

Authors: Michael Kavic, Djordje Minic, Chia-Hsiung Tze, Vishnu Jejjala 

Publication date: 8 September 2014

Published in: Entropy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Quantum gravity, the initial low entropy state of the Universe, and the problem of time are interlocking puzzles. In this article, we address the origin of the arrow of time from a cosmological perspective motivated by a novel approach to quantum gravitation. Our proposal is based on a quantum counterpart of the equivalence principle, a general covariance of the dynamical phase space. We discuss how the nonlinear dynamics of such a system provides a natural description for cosmological evolution in the early Universe. We also underscore connections between the proposed non-perturbative quantum gravity model and fundamental questions in non-equilibrium statistical physics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4575

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zbMATH Keywords

quantum gravityarrow of timenon-equilibrium physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to physics (62P35) Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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