15. M. P. Gough, T. D. Carozzi, A. M. Buckley, On the Similarity of Information Energy to Dark Energy

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Volume 19: Pages 446-450, 2006

On the Similarity of Information Energy to Dark Energy

M. P. Gough 1, T. D. Carozzi 1, A. M. Buckley 1

1Space Science Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QT United Kingdom

Information energy is shown here to have properties similar to those of dark energy. The energy associated with each information bit of the universe is found to be defined identically to the characteristic energy of a cosmological constant. Two independent methods are used to estimate the universe information content of                         1091 bits, a value that provides an information energy total comparable to that of dark energy. Information energy is also found to have a significantly negative equationofstate parameter, w < −0.4, and thus exerts a negative pressure, similar to dark energy.

Keywords: cosmology, dark energy

Received: March 24, 2006; Published Online: December 15, 2008