Jon's Tech-Talk
Thoughts on Why Our Universe is Expanding
(posted 12/15/2024) - Sometimes thoughts just come out of nowhere in particular. This little gem seemed interesting enough to memorialize in my Tech-Talk blog. Enjoy
The cosmological constant represents an inherent (zero point) energy per unit volume of spacetime in Einsteinian Field Equations and has been observationally determined to be positive. The literal space (spatial dimensions) measured between galaxies is increasing over time. This metric change in distance is generally ascribed to "dark energy" or a negative pressure that produces more "space" between matter/energy fields in our universe.
After some little thought I wonder if this phenomena is tied to quantum entanglement properties along the "surface of the universe." If it can be shown that there is a positive correlation between entanglement of quantum fields on the surface and proximity of fields (matter and energy) in the volume, then a reduction in entanglement strength at the surface would naturally associate with an increase in the spatial distance between bulk volume fields
Interestingly there does appear to be a mathematical correlation of this type between Conformal Field Theory and Anti deSitter Space I don't pretend to understand either of these topics but it appears to be accepted that there is a dualism between these physical theories which allows mapping a non-gravitating surface to a gravitating enclosed volume. The problem is that our universe is decidedly more complex (being a deSitter Space). To date no theory has entirely bridged this gap. But if the physics ultimately allows the above relation between surface and enclosed volume then it seems to me that entropy alone would explain why space (the scaffold for matter and energy fields) keeps expanding as the surface entanglements become weaker over time.