Universe creation, entropy, and extra dimensions

E. I. Guendelman; David A. Owen

doi:10.1007/BF00761088

Universe creation, entropy, and extra dimensions

E. I. Guendelman, David A. Owen

Department of Physics

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Gravitational bags contain a domain wall outside of which they look compact, but inside there is a solution in which, in certain circumstances, the extra dimensions explode. We show that it is energetically possible for a collapse of the domain wall to lead to the creation of a huge universe containing a large quantity of entropy. This can proceed via quantum tunneling through a "wormhole" region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	201-210
Number of pages	10
Journal	General Relativity and Gravitation
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00761088
State	Published - 1 Feb 1989

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