The Holographic Space-Time Model of Cosmology

Understand

This essay outlines the Holographic Space-time (HST) theory of cosmology and its relation to conventional theories of inflation.

• The predictions of the theory are compatible with observations, and one must hope for data on primordial gravitational waves or non-Gaussian fluctuations to distinguish it from conventional models.
• The model predicts an early era of structure formation, prior to the Big Bang.
• Understanding the fate of those structures requires complicated simulations that have not yet been done.