Quasi-steady-state cosmology

Abstract

Reasons are given as to why the standard cosmology does not give an entirely satisfactory description of the Universe and why one needs to look for alternative cosmology. An alternative cosmology is presented in which matter creation takes place in mini-creation events at regular intervals and in response the Universe oscillates on a short-term period of ∼50 Gyr while it also has a steady (exponential) long-term expansion at a characteristic time scale of ∼1000 Gyr. The explanation of the major observed features of the Universe in terms of this cosmology is given and new observations distinguishing it from standard cosmology are proposed.