Physical Mechanism for Thermal Big Bang of the Universe - (Explosion driven by magnetic monopoles)

Abstract:

This report first describes the debate on whether there is an accelerating expansion of the Universe. Secondly, using nucleon decay catalysed by magnetic monopole as an energy source, it will cause a thermal explosion of the whole Universe when the Universe contracts to a high density, and the luminosity produced by magnetic monopole catalyseddecay is much larger than the Eddington luminosity, which is the stability limit of the whole Universe. This leads us to propose a model for the evolution of the universe as a whole: an oscillatory model with alternating expansion and contraction.


Speaker: 
Prof. Qiuhe Peng (彭秋和教授), Nanjing University
Place: 
KIAA Shu Qi meeting room
Time: 
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 10:00AM to Tuesday, May 7, 2024 - 11:00AM
Biography: 
Prof. Quihe Peng was born in 1938. After graduated from Nanjing University at 1960, he was assigned to teach at Peking University for 18 years. In 1978, he moved back to Nanjing University and eventually became a professor. Prof. Peng is mainly engaged in nuclear astrophysics , particle astrophysics and galactic astronomy research. In the field of nuclear astrophysics, His researches involve neutron stars (pulsars), the supernova explosion mechanism and the thermonuclear reaction inside the star, the synthesis of heavy elements and interstellar radioactive element such as the origin of celestial 26Al. Over the past decade, his works are mainly on the astrophysics with both particle physics and condensed matter physics. Undoubtedly, Prof. Peng is a respectable pioneer in astrophysics of China.