THE ORIGIN OF ENTROPY IN THE UNIVERSE |
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Authors: | Alexander Feinstein Miguel Angel Pérez Sebastián |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain |
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Abstract: | We discuss the entropy generation in quantum tunneling of a relativistic particle under the influence of a time-varying force with the help of squeezing formalism. It is shown that if one associates classical coarse grained entropy to the phase space volume, there is an inevitable entropy growth due to the changes in position and momentum variances. The entropy change can be quantified by a simple expression S=ln cosh 2r, where r, is the squeeze parameter measuring the height and width of the potential barrier. We suggest that the universe could have acquired its initial entropy in a quantum squeeze from nothing and briefly discuss the implications of our proposal. |
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Keywords: | quantum cosmology entropy squeezing |
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