A study by the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), the University of Waterloo (Canada), the Perimeter Institute (Canada), the National Institute of Nuclear Physics of Lecce (Italy) and the University of Salento (Italy), has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a large hologram.
Scientists, who have analyzed the microwave background radiation , an echo of the Big Bang, have discovered that there is substantial evidence supporting a holographic explanation of the universe using the theory of cosmic inflation. In this way, all the information contained in our 3D reality would be contained in a 2D or two-dimensional surface at its borders. In this explanation one dimension is eliminated : that of gravity.
“ Imagine that everything you see, feel and hear in three dimensions (and your perception of time) emanates from a two-dimensional plane . It is similar to ordinary holograms where a three-dimensional image is encoded on a two-dimensional surface, as in the hologram of a credit card, but this time the entire universe would be encrypted “, explains Kostas Skenderis, co-author of the work.
Advances in technology have made it possible for experts to detect a large amount of information hidden in the so-called “white noise” or microwave background radiation in recent decades. The authors hope that this study can open the door to broaden our understanding of the early universe and explain how space and time emerged.
“Holography is a huge leap forward in the way we think about the structure and creation of the universe. Scientists have been working for decades to combine Einstein’s theory of gravity and quantum theory. Some believe the concept of a holographic universe has the potential to reconcile the two. I hope that our research will bring us a new step towards this idea, “concludes Skenderis.
The study has been published in the journal Physical Review Letters.
