A bouncing cosmology from VECROs

Abstract We argue that, in the same way that in a black hole space-time VECROs will form in order to cancel the gravitational effects of a collapsing mass shell and prevent the formation of a singularity, in a contracting universe a gas of VECROs will form to hold up the contraction, prevent a Big C...

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Main Authors: Robert Brandenberger, Gabrielle A. Mitchell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-04-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11501-2