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Origin of matter and space-time in the big bang

  • G. J. Mathews
  • , T. Kajino
  • , D. Yamazaki
  • , M. Kusakabe
  • , M. K. Cheoun
  • University of Notre Dame
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Korea Aerospace University
  • Soongsil University

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Abstract

We review the case for and against a bulk cosmic motion resulting from the quantum entanglement of our universe with the multiverse beyond our horizon. Within the current theory for the selection of the initial state of the universe from the landscape multiverse there is a generic prediction that pre-inflation quantum entanglement with other universes should give rise to a cosmic bulk flow with a correlation length of order horizon size and a velocity field relative to the expansion frame of the universe. Indeed, the parameters of this motion are are tightly constrained. A robust prediction can be deduced indicating that there should be an overall motion of of about 800 km/s relative to the background space time as defined by the cosmic microwave background (CMB). This talk will summarize the underlying theoretical motivation for this hypothesis. Of course our motion relative to the background space time (CMB dipole) has been known for decades and is generally attributed to the gravitational pull of the local super cluster. However, this cosmic peculiar velocity field has been recently deduced out to very large distances well beyond that of the local super cluster by using X-ray galaxy clusters as tracers of matter motion. This is achieved via the kinematic component of the Sunyaev-Zeldovich (KSZ) effect produced by Compton scattering of cosmic microwave background photons from the local hot intracluster gas. As such, this method measures peculiar velocity directly in the frame of the cluster. Similar attempts by our group and others have attempted to independently assess this bulk flow via Type la supernova redshifts. In this talk we will review the observation case for and against the existence of this bulk flow based upon the observations and predictions of the theory. If this interpretation is correct it has profound implications in that we may be observing for the first time both the physics that occurred before the big bang and the existence of the multiverse beyond our horizon.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOrigin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2013 - Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, OMEG 2013
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages5-11
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9780735412286
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, OMEG 2013 - Tsukuba, Japan
Duration: 18 Nov 201321 Nov 2013

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1594
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference12th International Symposium on Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, OMEG 2013
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityTsukuba
Period18/11/1321/11/13

Keywords

  • abundances
  • astroparticle physics
  • cosmic background radiation
  • dark energy
  • dark matter
  • early Universe
  • inflation
  • nuclear reactions
  • nucleosynthesis
  • primordial nucleosynthesis

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