PIRSA:11060055

Eternal inflation predicts that time will end

Leichenauer, S. (2011). Eternal inflation predicts that time will end. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11060055

Leichenauer, Stefan. Eternal inflation predicts that time will end. Perimeter Institute, Jun. 22, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11060055 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:11060055,
            doi = {10.48660/11060055},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11060055},
            author = {Leichenauer, Stefan},
            keywords = {Cosmology},
            language = {en},
            title = {Eternal inflation predicts that time will end},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:11060055 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Stefan Leichenauer Alphabet (United States)

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Abstract

Present treatments of eternal inflation regulate infinities by imposing a geometric cutoff. We point out that some matter systems reach the cutoff in finite time. This implies a nonzero probability for a novel type of catastrophe. According to the most successful measure proposals, our galaxy is likely to encounter the cutoff within the next 5 billion years.