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arxiv: 1009.4698 · v1 · pith:6INWOR2Pnew · submitted 2010-09-23 · ✦ hep-th · astro-ph.CO· gr-qc· hep-ph· quant-ph

Eternal inflation predicts that time will end

classification ✦ hep-th astro-ph.COgr-qchep-phquant-ph
keywords cutoffeternalinflationtimeaccordingbillioncatastropheencounter
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Present treatments of eternal inflation regulate infinities by imposing a geometric cutoff. We point out that some matter systems reach the cutoff in finite time. This implies a nonzero probability for a novel type of catastrophe. According to the most successful measure proposals, our galaxy is likely to encounter the cutoff within the next 5 billion years.

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