The horizon problem concerns the
surprisingly high uniformity of the cosmic background radiation which,
according to measurements of the COBE research satellite, deviates from
its average value by only 10 -5
[7]. This extremely high isotropy of the early universe can only be
explained
if far space areas had interacted at some earlier time. The problem is
, according to the classical big bang theory, there could never have
been
a time at which this balance could have established universally .
The early universe is believed to
have already been too big for a communication between distant space
areas.
Problem of the galaxy formation
The criterion is, today’s physics cannot explain how , in its 10 to 20 billion years existence, the universe has developed from a highly isotropic state into such a clotted distribution of matter as we observe today. Matter concentrations as, e. g. the „great wall“ with a 500 mio.light years long band of galaxies, are followed by vast voids extending for more than 400 mio. light years [8].
According to the cosmological theories discussed presently, any deviation from an exactly plane universe increases with time. If an inflationary blow- up had indeed taken place in the time during 10 -35 and 10 -33 seconds after the big bang as the theory demands, the universe must have adjusted itself to be plane with an accuracy of about 10 -50 , to be able to develop in such a way as we observe today. It contradicts any experience in physics that such an extremely precise fine tuning should have taken place, in order to maintain an instable balance state for more than 10 billion years.
The question of the age of the
universe
causes discomfort to many cosmologists, as the total seems younger than
some of its parts. Astronomical observations let us conclude there are
stars up to 19 billion years of age [7], p. 182. This would be
considerably
older than a world age calculated from the presently most probable
Hubble
constant.
At least for a part of these
problems,
the inflation theory ( inflationary model) offers solutions.
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