Author(s)

Eugene Terry Tatum

760 Campbell Ln. Ste. 106 #161, Bowling Green, KY 42104, USA.

The rationale for Flat Space Cosmology (FSC) calculations of gravitational entropy in the form ofis presented. These calculations indicate a tight correlation with the COBE DMR measurement showing CMB RMS temperature variations of 18 micro Kelvins. The COBE dT/T anisotropy ratio of 0.66 × 10⁻⁵ falls within the FSC gravitational entropy range calculated for the beginning and ending conditions of the recombination/decoupling epoch. Thus, the FSC model incorporating gravity as an emergent property of entropy suggests that the CMB temperature anisotropy pattern could simply be a map of gravitational entropy, as opposed to a magnified “quantum fluctuation” event at a finite beginning of time.

Flat Space Cosmology, Cosmic Microwave Background, CMB Anisotropy, Cosmology Theory, Cosmic Entropy, Gravitational Entropy, Black Holes, Standard Cosmology

Tatum, E. (2018) How the CMB Anisotropy Pattern Could Be a Map of Gravitational Entropy. Journal of Modern Physics, 9, 1484-1490. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2018.98092.