A Briefing on the Ekpyrotic/Cyclic Universe
arXiv:astro-ph/0401579
Abstract
This is a short overview of the ekpyrotic/cyclic model of the universe, an alternative to the standard big bang inflationary paradigm.
8 pages, 1 figure. Invited talk at the 6th RESCEU Symposium, Nov. 2003, Tokyo, Japan. v2: added and updated references
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