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Baryon symmetric big bang cosmology

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The framework of baryon symmetric big bang (BSBE) cosmology offers our greatest potential for deducing the evolution of the Universe because its physical laws and processes have the minimum number of arbitrary assumptions about initial conditions in the big-bang. In addition, it offers the possibility of explaining the photon–baryon ratio in the Universe and how galaxies and galaxy clusters are formed. BSBB cosmology also provides the only acceptable explanation at present for the origin of the cosmic γ-ray background radiation.

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