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The Ultimate Phase Transition

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Phase Transitions in the Early Universe: Theory and Observations

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The expansion of the flat Einstein-deSitter model universe constantly slows, and ultimately ceases. This facilitates the eventual condensation of galaxies into a small number of great clusters. Consequently the model may evolve asymptotically into a cosmological isothermal sphere. The symmetries and metric of an isothermal model differ from those of its Robertson-Walker progenitor, suggesting that the evolution leads to a phase transition in the infinite future.

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  1. Saslaw, W. C. (2000) The Distribution of the Galaxies: Gravitational Clustering in Cosmology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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  1. Astronomy Dept., University of Virginia, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    William C. Saslaw

  2. Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    William C. Saslaw

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  1. Université de Paris VI, LPTHE, Paris, France

    Héctor J. De Vega

  2. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Moscow, Russia

    Isaak M. Khalatnikov

  3. Observatoire de Paris, Demirm, Paris, France

    Norma G. Sànchez

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Saslaw, W.C. (2001). The Ultimate Phase Transition. In: De Vega, H.J., Khalatnikov, I.M., Sànchez, N.G. (eds) Phase Transitions in the Early Universe: Theory and Observations. NATO Science Series, vol 40. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0997-3_16

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