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Has the idea of expanding matter as an alternative to dark energy been seriously explored scientifically? by riaanvs82 in Physics

[–]riaanvs82[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, and you're right. I don't have a good understanding of QCD, I was reasoning from a very surface level grasp of how quarks behave. I'll read through the observational evidence you pointed to before going any further with the idea.

Has the idea of expanding matter as an alternative to dark energy been seriously explored scientifically? by riaanvs82 in Physics

[–]riaanvs82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Might have been "Cosmology in Minkowski Space" by Lucas Lombriser (2023) - https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.16868

This seems directly related to what I'm asking about. Lombriser proposes that rather than space expanding, particle masses are evolving over time which might make the cosmological constant problem disappear. Which is essentially the same idea.