What is the Theoretical Energy Density of Inflation?

[chasrob]

I need the theoretical energy density of inflation for my story. I seem to recall it as an enormous 10⁹⁵ ergs per cubic centimeter.

 

[chasrob]

Here's one estimate-

https://universe-review.ca/R02-13-inflation.htm

Seems to be around 10⁹⁵ ergs/cc

 

[chasrob]

Anyone have a link to another estimate? A paper perhaps? I seem to remember a mass density of 10⁷⁶ grams/cc that I read somewhere.
Thanks.

 

[chasrob]

Uh, oh. Ned Wright, https://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_constant.html says 10⁷¹ g/cc. Quite a difference. Ten trillion or so? The figure above has somewhere 10⁹⁴ to 10⁹⁷?

 

[Hornbein]

Uh, oh. Ned Wright, https://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_constant.html says 10⁷¹ g/cc. Quite a difference. Ten trillion or so? The figure above has somewhere 10⁹⁴ to 10⁹⁷?

A septillion.

 

[chasrob]

A septillion.

You're right. Maybe it's a typo for mass density equivalent, using e=mc²?

 

[chasrob]

If anyone cares, the reason I ask has to do with the “physics” of my story. If someone/some entity releases more power than the Planck power, 3.63 x 10⁵² W, the result is that a volume of space centered on the “release” is rendered into inflationary space and it undergoes a Big Rip and pinches off into another, disjoint, dimension. Destroying all matter within the volume in the process.

My protagonist, a super-powered being, threatens some enormously powerful aliens who consequently construct an artificial humanoid who can release 9.77E163 ergs/s with one punch. And according to my shaky calcs that many ergs would render a cube of space 105,000 light years on a side into inflationary space. Milky Way, galaxy-size volume.

Another odd thing… if the humanoid, Debra, holds back and only hits with 1E95 ergs/s of power, only 1 cubic centimeter would be affected. Little or no collateral damage from that enormous energy release!

 

[chasrob]

Uh, oh. Ned Wright, https://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_constant.html says 10⁷¹ g/cc. Quite a difference. Ten trillion or so? The figure above has somewhere 10⁹⁴ to 10⁹⁷?

Oops, my bad. I misinterpreted Wright. I failed to notice that he represented energy density as g/cc, not ergs/cc. Using e=mc², I get 10^91-92 ergs/cc. Closer to the value in the figure above.