Riding Gravity Away from Doomsday [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/1503.08130


The discovery that most of the energy density in the universe is stored in the form of dark energy has profound consequences for our future. In particular our current limited understanding of quantum theory of gravity indicates that some time in the future our universe will undergo a phase transition that will destroy us and everything else around us instantaneously. However the laws of gravity also suggest a way out — some of our descendants could survive this catastrophe by riding gravity away from the danger. In this essay I describe the tale of this escape from doomsday.

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A. Sen
Mon, 30 Mar 15
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Comments: LaTeX file, 8 pages, prepared for 2015 essay competition of gravity research foundation