Entropy and Dark Energy
A special issue of Entropy (ISSN 1099-4300). This special issue belongs to the section "Astrophysics, Cosmology, and Black Holes".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2022) | Viewed by 2074
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The concordance ɅCDM model has been successful in accounting for much of our known universe. However, the model fails to account for some features, such as the Hubble tension and the σ8 fluctuation parameter tension, features that emerged recently as observational accuracy improved. As the required value of the cosmological constant is still without a satisfactory physical explanation and as cold dark matter particles have yet to be detected, we should consider other possible contributions to the universe energy budget. Landauer’s Principle provides us with an equivalent energy for each bit of entropy/information in the universe. This equivalent energy should be taken into account alongside Einstein’s mc2 equivalent energy of matter. The aim of this Special Issue is to collect works which consider the role that information energy can play as a source of dark energy, and also any possible role of information energy in explaining features previously attributed to dark matter.
Subjects of interest include but are not limited to:
- Landauer’s Principle, information–energy equivalence;
- Information content of the universe, total information energy in the universe;
- Astrophysical and cosmological entropy;
- Information energy as dark energy;
- Holographic dark energy models;
- Comparison of information models with observational data;
- Information equation of state parameter and universe expansion;
- Information energy as a solution to tensions and problems of ɅCDM;
- Can the universe information energy distribution explain H0 directional anisotropies?
- Does the information energy distribution within galaxies coincide with dark matter attributed effects?
- Information energy predicted experimental observation signatures for model falsification.
Prof. Dr. Michael Paul Gough
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Landauer’s Principle
- universe information content
- universe information energy contributions
- information dark energy
- holographic dark energy
- Hubble tension
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