Inflation via Black Holes with Quantized Area Spectrum

TL;DR

This paper proposes a toy model for cosmic inflation driven by a universe initially composed of black holes with quantized area spectra, leading to exponential growth.

Contribution

It introduces a novel inflationary model based on quantized black holes, connecting quantum properties of black holes to early universe expansion.

Findings

Universe undergoes exponential growth in the model

Black holes with quantized area spectra can drive inflation

Initial state of the universe as a collection of such black holes

Abstract

I present a very simplistic toy model for the inflationary paradigm where the size of the universe undergoes a period of exponential growth. The basic assumption I make use of is that black holes might have a quantized area (mass) spectrum with a stable ground state and that the universe has started with a tightly packed collection of these objects alone.