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Latham Boyle¹, Kieran Finn^1,2, Neil Turok¹

¹Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 2Y5.

Physical Review Letters

|January 5, 2019

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The universe after the big bang is a CPT-symmetric image of the pre-big bang era, explaining cosmic asymmetry and dark matter. This model predicts specific neutrino properties and the absence of primordial gravitational waves.

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Area of Science:

Cosmology
Particle Physics
Quantum Field Theory

Background:

The nature of the universe's beginning and fundamental symmetries remain key questions in physics.
Existing models struggle to fully explain cosmological baryon asymmetry and dark matter.
CPT symmetry, a fundamental principle, has not been fully explored in cosmological contexts.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a new cosmological model based on CPT symmetry.
To provide a unified explanation for the universe's baryon asymmetry and dark matter.
To derive testable predictions for particle physics and cosmology.

Main Methods:

Applying CPT symmetry to the spacetime structure of the universe.
Utilizing the standard three-generation model of particle physics with right-handed neutrinos.
Calculating the abundance of a stable, heavy right-handed neutrino as dark matter.

Main Results:

The universe post-big bang is the CPT image of the pre-big bang era, forming a universe-antiuniverse pair.
A stable right-handed neutrino, with a mass of 4.8×10^8 GeV, naturally explains the observed dark matter density.
The model predicts Majorana neutrinos, neutrinoless double beta decay, a massless lightest neutrino, and no primordial gravitational waves.

Conclusions:

CPT symmetry offers a compelling framework for understanding the early universe.
This model provides an economical explanation for dark matter and baryon asymmetry.
The derived predictions offer avenues for future experimental verification.