https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/hep-th_0111030/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19591651urn:hackerpapers:mention:hep-th_0111030:19591651Sat, 06 Apr 2019 16:52:56 GMT<p>The first hit from DuckDuckGo for &#x27;ekpyrotic&#x27; is the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekpyrotic_universe . It describes the reason Steinhardt created that word as the name for the model. The Steinhardt and Turok preprint is at https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0111030 , published in the journal Science at http://science.sciencemag.org/content/296/5572/1436.full . &gt; We propose a cosmological model in which the universe undergoes an endless sequence of cosmic epochs each beginning with a ‘bang’ and ending in a ‘crunch.’ The temperature and density are finite at each transition from…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/hep-th_0111030/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>hep-th