Anthropic reasons for nonzero flatness and Λ -: art. no. 123501

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Barrow, JD
Sandvik, HB
Magueijo, J
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Ctr Math Sci, DAMTP, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England
[2] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BZ, England
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10.1103/PhysRevD.65.123501
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P1 [天文学];
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In some cosmological theories with varying constants there are anthropic reasons why the expansion of the universe must not be too close to flatness or the cosmological constant too close to zero. Using exact theories which incorporate time variations in alpha and in G we show how the presence of negative spatial curvature and a positive cosmological constant play an essential role in bringing to an end variations in the scalar fields that drive time changes in these "constants" during any dust-dominated era of a universe's expansion. In spatially flat universes with Lambda=0 the fine structure constant grows to a value which makes the existence of atoms impossible.
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