Toward fixing a framework for conformal cyclic cosmology

DOI10.1007/S10714-023-03142-3MaRDI QIDQ6073507zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Oliver Markwell, Chris J. Stevens

Publication date 16 September 2023

Published in General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.06914

zbMATH Keywords

aeonsconformal rescalingcyclic cosmology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

Abstract: Conformal Cyclic Cosmology (CCC) is a cyclic model of the universe put forward by Sir Roger Penrose. A conformal invariance assumption in the neighbourhood of the crossover region between cycles (which Penrose calls aeons) allows successive space-times to be related by a conformal rescaling. A major open problem is how to choose the conformal factor in a unique way, and is a fundamental hurdle to further study. Proposals have been put forward by Newman, Tod and Nurowski, but they disagree in one way or another with Penrose's original assumptions as well as each other. In this paper we compare these different models in detail and rule out certain choices for the conformal factor that have been put forward by Penrose. We extend the results of Newman and fix inconsistencies that arose in his calculations. A new class of solutions are put forward which agree with Penrose's assumptions exactly so long as a certain additional relation is satisfied.

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