How a One-in-a-Billion Blunder Made the Universe Possible

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At one-one-thousandth of a second after the Big Bang, the great annihilation event should have wiped out all matter, leaving a universe of only radiation. Why still don't know why any matter survived. Well, a new finding from the LHC brings us one step closer to understanding why there's something rather than nothing.

Dr. Caplan Paper for Review:

https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.07647

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