Is the hypothesis about a low entropy initial state of the Universe necessary for explaining the arrow of time?
Work
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: According to statistical mechanics, microstates of an isolated physical system (say, a gas in a box) at time ${t}_{0}$ in a given macrostate of less-than-maximal entropy typically evolve in such a way... more
Institutions Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova
Cites: 32
Cited by: 27
Related to: 10
FWCI: 1.068
Citation percentile (by year/subfield): 91.86
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders John Templeton Foundation, European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Grant IDS 37433, MP1006,