Right before Steven Hawking Passed away, he
was working on one last theory about what
happened to the universe following the big
bang.
Its been two months since Steven hawking died,
and now his theory which he co-wrote with
professor Thomas Hertog was published in the
journal of high energy physics.
What exactly was this theory?
I’ll fill you in here on IO.
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charlotte dobre.
Alright who wants to talk about some physics!
Crickets?
I’ll break it down in the simplest terms
possible, because hawkings theory really does
change everything that was previously assumed
by scientists.
Stephen hawking and Professor Thomos Hertog
shared a theory known as eternal inflation.
For those who are just getting up to speed,
following the big bang, our universe began
to expand at an exponential rate.
This is what was known as cosmic inflation.
scientists believe that there are parts of
our universe that are still expanding due
to the big bang, but not all parts.
The visible universe, everything that we can
see,for example, is not.
Hawking and Hertog do not agree with this.
Basically they argue that the accepted theory
of eternal inflation actually conflicts with
Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Hawking once said in a statement.
The usual theory of eternal inflation predicts
that globally our universe is like an infinite
fractal, with a mosaic of different pocket
universes, separated by an inflating ocean.
We predict that our universe, on the largest
scales, is reasonably smooth and globally
finite.
So it is not a fractal structure.
Stephen hawking never really liked the theory
of the multiverse.
If the scale of different universes in the
multiverse is large or infinite, the theory
can’t be tested.
In their theory, Hawking and hertog used string
theory combined with the holographic principle.
They tweaked until they were successful.
Eternal inflation was transformed into a timeless
state, with no fractals or multiverses.
They also believe that this theory can be
tested, which is groundbreaking.
The next step is to spot gravitational waves,
which could essentially prove or disprove
their theory of eternal inflation.
FEWF that was a lot.
My brain is definitely overloaded.
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