For 10 points, what event is the theoretical fate of the universe if the expansion is not sufficient to counteract gravitation so that everything contracts to a black hole?
Assuming that an ekpyrotic phase precedes this event implies that the scalar ﬁeld kinetic energy would dominate the energy density. Steinhardt and Turok proposed that this event is a collision between two branes. A universe with positive (*) curvature, or density parameter greater than 1, and no dark energy would end in this way. This outcome is contrasted with maximum entropy and no thermodynamic free energy called the Big Freeze. For 10 points, what event is the theoretical fate of the universe if the expansion is not sufficient to counteract gravitation so that everything contracts to a black hole?
Assuming that an ekpyrotic phase precedes this event implies that the scalar ﬁeld kinetic energy would dominate the energy density.
the Big Crunch