A Simple Theory of the Universe

Abstract

The paper presents a Simple Relativistic Theory of the Universe (or ST theory). In constructing the theory I followed the steps of Einstein’s Special Relativity Theory (SR). As in SR, I postulate that there is no preferred frame of reference and that the laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames. On the other hand, unlike Einstein’s SR, the new theory removes the postulate regarding the invariance of the velocity of light (or, equivalently, the Lorentz Symmetry Principle) and treats photons like any terrestrial matter. The theory does strikingly well in accounting for several significant atomic, subatomic and cosmological phenomena. At the atomic and subatomic level it yields precise predictions of all existing superluminal neutrino experiments and of quantum criticality at the Golden Ratio (Φ ≈ 0.618). At the cosmological level Sτ predicts the amount of normal (byronic) matter in the universe (Ωm = 1/3) and puts a limit that agrees with detected red shifts of energies much higher that the GZK cutoff energy. The spacetime constructed by Sτ is anisotropic, curved, and open and accelerating in time, much like the one theorized by the OCDM model of the universe. The theory explains the eruption of the Big Bang, the conditions that existed before, during, and shortly after it erupted. Moreover, it proposes an answer to the open question regarding the cause of the Big Bang, according to which it was the result of colossal anti-gravitational forces caused by a “collision” between our universe and an equivalent parallel universe of dark matter and dark energy.