arXiv:astro-ph/9904020·v1·Astrophysics
Geometry and Destiny
Lawrence M. Krauss (1)🇺🇸 · Michael S. Turner (2,3) ((1)Case Western Reserve University, (2) University of Chicago, (3) Fermilab)🇺🇸
Abstract
The recognition that the cosmological constant may be non-zero forces us to re-evaluate standard notions about the connection between geometry and the fate of our Universe. An open Universe can recollapse, and a closed Universe can expand forever. As a corollary, we point out that there is no set of cosmological observations we can perform that will unambiguously allow us to determine what the ultimate destiny of the Universe will be.
Comments: 7 pages, Gravity Research Foundation Essay