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The entropy of the gravitational field.

I apologise, I meant to say "maximum gravitational entropy." So when all of the black holes evaporate, does that represent maximum gravitational entropy?

Thanks again, Would maximum gravitational energy be reached once all of the black holes evaporate, then?

Thanks for the link :) For gravity, what would be a state of maximum entropy? Black holes?

The spectrum of the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation - the flash of the Big Bang, aligns almost precisely with the shape of the Black Body radiation curve. This means that the CMB radiation came from a state that was in thermal equilibrium. Since thermal equilibrium is a state of maximum...

Thanks for the info twofish-quant :smile: Just to clarify though, in terms of universe cycles what would the phase space be likely measuring? e.g. Possible energies at the big bang?

Anyone? :confused:

I have a question as to the actual nature of cyclic models of the universe (e.g. Roger Penrose's Conformal Cyclic Cosmology or the Ekpyrotic universe) - essentially where the universe has no beginning or end it simply goes through cycles eternally in both time directions. So in these situations...