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Entropy in the universe

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Acta Physica Hungarica

Past and future are so markedly different because the universe is still very young. (F. Hund)

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The relic microwave radiation indicates that the universe was in the state of thermal equilibrium (heat death) in the past. The question arises how could it happen that the universe departed from the thermal equilibrium? According to the models presented here this was the outcome of an interplay among dynamic instability, matter differentiation and weakening of some interactions.

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  1. Department of Atomic Physics, Roland Eötvös University, 1088, Budapest, Hungary

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Dedicated to Prof. K. Nagy on his 60th birthday

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Marx, G. Entropy in the universe. Acta Physica Hungarica 62, 139–154 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03155963

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