Fine-Tuning in the Physical UniverseDavid Sloan, Rafael Alves Batista, Michael Townsen Hicks, Roger Davies Cambridge University Press, 29 okt 2020 - 568 pagina's Is the universe fine-tuned for complexity, life, or something else? This comprehensive overview of fine-tuning arguments in physics, with contributions from leading researchers in their fields, sheds light on this often used but seldom understood topic. Each chapter reviews a specific subject in modern physics, such as dark energy, inflation, or solar system formation, and discusses whether any parameters in our current theories appear to be fine-tuned and, if so, to what degree. Connections and differences between these fine-tuning arguments are made clear, and detailed mathematical derivations of various fine-tuned parameters are given. This accessible yet precise introduction to fine-tuning in physics will aid students and researchers across astrophysics, atomic and particle physics and cosmology, as well as all those working at the intersections of physics and philosophy. |
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Hierarchy of FineStructure Constants | 20 |
Bernard Carr | 22 |
School of Physics and Astronomy Queen Mary University of London | 60 |
Naturalness Finetuning and Observer Selection in Cosmology | 67 |
Trick or Treat? | 111 |
Is the Universal MatterAntimatter Asymmetry FineTuned? | 174 |
Structure Formation | 203 |
Nuclear Physics and Its Impact on Primordial and Stellar Nucleosynthesis | 237 |
FineTunings at Particle Scales | 307 |
Dark Matter | 345 |
From Star to Galaxies Formation | 383 |
How Special Is the Solar System? | 412 |
On the Temporal Habitability of Our Universe | 458 |
Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Nevada Department | 460 |
FineTuning and Biological Molecules | 511 |
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