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hep-th2004★ 14 cited
The Holographic Approach to Cosmology
T. Banks, W. Fischler
We review the successes and challenges of the holographic approach to cosmology. The model predicts an exactly scale invariant fluctuation spectrum with long and short distance cut…
hep-th2004
Microscopic Quantum Mechanics of the p=ρUniverse
T. Banks, W. Fischler, L. Mannelli
We present a complete quantum mechanical description of a flat FRW universe with equation of state p=ρ. We find a detailed correspondence with our heuristic picture of such a unive…
astro-ph2004
The Energy Density of "Wound" Fields in a Toroidal Universe
W. Fischler, S. Paban, M. Zanic
The observational limits on the present energy density of the Universe allow for a component that redshifts like and can contribute significantly to the total. We show that…