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The standard big bang model has always had a couple of fundamental problems: the universe’s matter excess and the isotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation. Recent developments in particle physics now point to answers to these problems and lead to new models for the causal structure of the early universe. One interesting possibility is the formation of multiple bubble universes. In such models there exist event horizons and the thermal background radiation can be produced by the Hawking mechanism.
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Gott, J.R. (1983). Causal Structure of the Early Universe. In: Abell, G.O., Chincarini, G. (eds) Early Evolution of the Universe and its Present Structure. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 104. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7220-9_108
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