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New Theories / Were the voids created by matter/antimatter annihilations?
« on: 09/05/2021 03:19:48 »
When I look at simulations of the large-scale structure of the universe, the voids look to me like blast-waves, the way explosions in space look, but without the remaining central matter. And the filaments look like they are on the edge between various blast-waves.
So I considered the early-universe matter/antimatter annihilation period, and wondered if the very first generation of annihilations might have caused chain reactions, emptying out the voids, and actually shoveling matter into the filaments. It would help explain why we see galaxies form so early.
This video is an animation I made to help express this idea visually. It starts from a t=zero in which infinite matter and antimatter appear within infinite spacetime, before quantum randomness takes over and the chain reaction begins.
I recommend seeing it on youtube, full-screen.
It is a cartoon sketch of a theory, and is incomplete, for the sake of keeping the video short. But I have a couple sequel videos, which I'll post below, for those who wish to dig deeper. And there are tons of details that I had to leave out, but which I am eager to discuss with you here. I look forward to it.
Thank you for approaching the video with an open mind! The first 90 seconds are a fast-forward version of the idea, so you can get a sense of it early on.
Matt Faw
(Edit: I have changed this OP and the title of the thread, after receiving feedback. I'm trying to make my introduction more about the theory, and less about the visualization).
So I considered the early-universe matter/antimatter annihilation period, and wondered if the very first generation of annihilations might have caused chain reactions, emptying out the voids, and actually shoveling matter into the filaments. It would help explain why we see galaxies form so early.
This video is an animation I made to help express this idea visually. It starts from a t=zero in which infinite matter and antimatter appear within infinite spacetime, before quantum randomness takes over and the chain reaction begins.
I recommend seeing it on youtube, full-screen.
It is a cartoon sketch of a theory, and is incomplete, for the sake of keeping the video short. But I have a couple sequel videos, which I'll post below, for those who wish to dig deeper. And there are tons of details that I had to leave out, but which I am eager to discuss with you here. I look forward to it.
Thank you for approaching the video with an open mind! The first 90 seconds are a fast-forward version of the idea, so you can get a sense of it early on.
Matt Faw
(Edit: I have changed this OP and the title of the thread, after receiving feedback. I'm trying to make my introduction more about the theory, and less about the visualization).