Abstract
In this short review we study the state of the art of the great problems in cosmology and their interrelationships. The reconciliation of these problems passes undoubtedly through the idea of a quantum universe.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Alfonso-Faus, A.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 318, 117 (2008)
Alfonso-Faus, A.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 325, 113 (2011)
Assis, A.K.T.: Found. Phys. Lett. 2, 301 (1989)
Assis, A.K.T.: Relational Mechanics. Apeiron, Montreal (1999)
Brans, C., Dicke, R.H.: Phys. Rev. 124, 925 (1961)
Cabbolet, M.J.T.F.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 337, 5 (2012). arXiv:1108.4543
Caldirola, P., Pavsic, M., Recami, E.: Nuovo Cimento 48B, 205 (1978)
Carneiro, S.: Found. Phys. Lett. 11, 95 (1998)
Carneiro, S.: Preprint. arXiv:gr-qc/0206064v1 (2002)
Cross, D.J.: arXiv:1108.5117 (2011)
Damour, T., Gibbons, G.W., Taylor, J.H.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 1151 (1988)
Dicke, R.H.: Phys. Rev. Lett. 7, 359 (1961)
Dinculescu, A.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 323, 289 (2009)
Dirac, P.A.M.: Nature 139, 323 (1937)
Dirac, P.A.M.: Directions in Physics, pp. 72–86. Wiley-Interscience, New York (1978)
Eddington, A.S.: Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 27, 15 (1931)
Egan, C.A., Lineweaver, C.H.: Astrophys. J. 710, 1825 (2010)
Fullana, M.J., Alfonso-Faus, A.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 337, 19 (2012). doi:10.1007/s10509-011-0909-1
Funkhouser, S.: Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A, Math. Phys. Sci. 462, 3657 (2006)
Funkhouser, S.: Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A, Math. Phys. Sci. 464, 1345 (2008)
Giné, J.: Chaos Solitons Fractals 41, 1651 (2009)
Giné, J.: Phys. Scr. (2012, in press). Preprint UdL. http://web.udl.es/usuaris/t4088454/ssd/Prepublicaciones/PS/mond.pdf (2010)
Giné, J.: Int. J. Theor. Phys. 50, 607 (2011)
Giné, J.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 337, 483 (2012). arXiv:1108.3565
Hajdukovic, D.S.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 326, 3 (2010a)
Hajdukovic, D.S.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 330, 207 (2010b)
Hajdukovic, D.S.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 334, 215 (2011)
Hajdukovic, D.S.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 337, 9 (2012). arXiv:1111.4884
Hawking, S.W.: Commun. Math. Phys. 43, 199 (1975)
Matthews, R.A.J.: Astron. Geophys. 39, 19 (1998)
Mena Marugan, G.A., Carneiro, S.: Phys. Rev. D 65, 087303 (2002)
Milgrom, M.: Astrophys. J. 270, 365 (1983)
Nottale, L.: Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 7, 4899 (1992)
Padmanabhan, T.: Rep. Prog. Phys. 73, 046901 (2010a)
Padmanabhan, T.: Mod. Phys. Lett. A 25, 1129 (2010b)
Riess, A., et al.: Astron. J. 116, 1009 (1998)
Salam, A., Strathdee, J.: Phys. Rev. D 16, 2668 (1977)
Salam, A., Strathdee, J.: Phys. Rev. D 18, 4480 (1978)
Santos, E.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 326, 7 (2010)
Santos, E.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 332, 423 (2011)
Sciama, D.W.: Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 113, 34 (1953)
Sivaram, C., Sinha, K.P.: Phys. Rep. 51, 111 (1979)
Tank, H.K.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 330, 203 (2010)
Tank, H.K.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 336, 341 (2011)
Tegmark, M., Zaldarriaga, M., Hamilton, A.J.S.: Phys. Rev. D 63, 043007 (2001)
’t Hooft, G., Nobbenhuis, S.: Class. Quantum Gravity 23, 3819 (2006)
Verlinde, E.: J. High Energy Phys. 4, 29 (2011)
Villata, M.: Europhys. Lett. 94, 2011 (2011)
Villata, M.: Astrophys. Space Sci. 337, 15 (2012). arXiv:1109.1201
Weinberg, S.: Rev. Mod. Phys. 61, 1 (1989)
Weyl, H.: Ann. Phys. 54, 117 (1917)
Weyl, H.: Ann. Phys. 59, 101 (1919)
Whitrow, G.J.: Nature 158, 165 (1946)
Whitrow, G.J., Randall, D.G.: Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 111, 455 (1951)
Williams, J.G., Newhall, X.X., Dickey, J.O.: Phys. Rev. D 53, 6730 (1996)
Zel’dovich, Ya.B.: Sov. Phys. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. Lett. 6, 316 (1967)
Acknowledgements
The author is partially supported by a MICINN/FEDER grant number MTM2011-22877 and by a Generalitat de Catalunya grant number 2009SGR 381.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Giné, J. Towards a quantum universe. Astrophys Space Sci 339, 25–30 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-012-0978-9
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-012-0978-9