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20072010
most citedA Larger Estimate of the Entropy of the Universe

234 citations · 341 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

astro-ph.CO2010★ 6 cited

Dark Energy, Anthropic Selection Effects, Entropy and Life

Chas A. Egan

<PART1> According to the standard LCDM model, the matter and dark energy densities (rho_m and rho_DE) are only comparable for a brief time. We address the cosmic coincidence proble…

astro-ph.CO2009★ 234 cited

A Larger Estimate of the Entropy of the Universe

Chas A. Egan, Charles H. Lineweaver

Using recent measurements of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) mass function, we find that SMBHs are the largest contributor to the entropy of the observable universe, contributin…

astro-ph2008★ 35 cited

A comprehensive comparison of the Sun to other stars: searching for self-selection effects

Jose A. Robles, Charles H. Lineweaver, Daniel Grether +5

If the origin of life and the evolution of observers on a planet is favoured by atypical properties of a planet's host star, we would expect our Sun to be atypical with respect to…

astro-ph2007★ 28 cited

Dark-Energy Dynamics Required to Solve the Cosmic Coincidence

Chas A. Egan, Charles H. Lineweaver

Dynamic dark energy (DDE) models are often designed to solve the cosmic coincidence (why, just now, is the dark energy density , the same order of magnitude as the matter d…

astro-ph2007★ 38 cited

The Cosmic Coincidence as a Temporal Selection Effect Produced by the Age Distribution of Terrestrial Planets in the Universe

Charles H. Lineweaver, Chas A. Egan

The energy densities of matter and the vacuum are currently observed to be of the same order of magnitude: . The cosmological windo…