Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Department

Department of Physics and Computer Science

Abstract

Wesson obtained a limit on quantum and gravitational mass in the universe by combining the cosmological constant Λ, Planck’s constant h , the speed of light c, and also the gravitational constant G. The corresponding masses are 2.0 x 10-62 and 2.3 x 1054 kg respectively, and in general can be obtained with the help of a generic dimensional analysis, or from an analysis where the cosmological constant appears in a four dimensional space-time and as a result of a higher dimensional reduction. In this paper our goal is to establish a relation for both quantum and gravitational mass as function of the information number bit N. For this reason, we first derive an expression for the cosmological constant as a function of information bit, since both masses depend on it, and then various resulting relations are explored, in relation to information number of bits N. Fractional information bits imply no information extraction is possible. We see, that the order of magnitude of the various parameters as well as their ratios involve the large number 10122 , that is produced naturally from the fundamental parameters of modern cosmology. Finally, we propose that in a complete quantum gravity theory the idea of information the might have to be included, with the quantum bits of information (q-bits) as one of its fundamental parameters, resulting thus to a more complete understanding of the universe, its laws, and its evolution.

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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Astrophysics and Space Science. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10509-013-1434-1.

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