With the support of numerous arguments, it has been shown that Melia’s claim that his cosmological Rh = ct model is flat and infinite is erroneous. In contrast, the model is positively curved, closed and, therefore, ...With the support of numerous arguments, it has been shown that Melia’s claim that his cosmological Rh = ct model is flat and infinite is erroneous. In contrast, the model is positively curved, closed and, therefore, finite. With respect to results of Melia’s model, it is identical to our Subluminal Model.展开更多
Following recent Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations of global spatial flatness, only two types of viable cosmological models remain: inflationary models which almost instantaneously attain cosmic flatness ...Following recent Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations of global spatial flatness, only two types of viable cosmological models remain: inflationary models which almost instantaneously attain cosmic flatness following the Big Bang;and non-inflationary models which are spatially flat from inception. Flat Space Cosmology (FSC) is the latter type of cosmological model by virtue of assumptions corresponding to the Hawking-Penrose conjecture that a universe expanding from a singularity could be modeled like a time-reversed black hole. Since current inflationary models have been criticized for their lack of falsifiability, the numerous falsifiable predictions and key features of the FSC model are herein contrasted with standard inflationary cosmology. For the reasons given, the FSC model is shown to be superior to standard cosmology in the following eleven categories: Predictions Pertaining to Primordial Gravity Waves;Cosmic Dawn Early Surprises;Predicting the Magnitude of CMB Temperature Anisotropy;Predicting the Value of Equation of State Term w;Predicting the Hubble Parameter Value;Quantifiable Entropy and the Entropic Arrow of Time;Clues to the Nature of Gravity, Dark Energy and Dark Matter;The Cosmological Constant Problem;Quantum Cosmology;Dark Matter and Dark Energy Quantitation;Requirements for New Physics.展开更多
文摘With the support of numerous arguments, it has been shown that Melia’s claim that his cosmological Rh = ct model is flat and infinite is erroneous. In contrast, the model is positively curved, closed and, therefore, finite. With respect to results of Melia’s model, it is identical to our Subluminal Model.
文摘Following recent Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations of global spatial flatness, only two types of viable cosmological models remain: inflationary models which almost instantaneously attain cosmic flatness following the Big Bang;and non-inflationary models which are spatially flat from inception. Flat Space Cosmology (FSC) is the latter type of cosmological model by virtue of assumptions corresponding to the Hawking-Penrose conjecture that a universe expanding from a singularity could be modeled like a time-reversed black hole. Since current inflationary models have been criticized for their lack of falsifiability, the numerous falsifiable predictions and key features of the FSC model are herein contrasted with standard inflationary cosmology. For the reasons given, the FSC model is shown to be superior to standard cosmology in the following eleven categories: Predictions Pertaining to Primordial Gravity Waves;Cosmic Dawn Early Surprises;Predicting the Magnitude of CMB Temperature Anisotropy;Predicting the Value of Equation of State Term w;Predicting the Hubble Parameter Value;Quantifiable Entropy and the Entropic Arrow of Time;Clues to the Nature of Gravity, Dark Energy and Dark Matter;The Cosmological Constant Problem;Quantum Cosmology;Dark Matter and Dark Energy Quantitation;Requirements for New Physics.
