Snap-buckling Cosmology: a Falsifiable Analogue Model for Resolving Five Λcdm Anomalies
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: ABSTRACT The standard cosmological model (ΛCDM) faces a number of fundamental anomalies (early massive galaxies, the CMB Cold Spot, satellite planes, the cosmic dipole, the Axis of Evil), explaining which requires the introduction of hypothetical "dark" entities. This paper proposes a falsifiable alternative — the "Snap-Buckling Model (SBM)", which interprets the Big Bang as a local topological phase transition in a highly stressed elastic medium. The uniqueness of the work's methodology lies in the application of a dual-channel narrative: we intentionally use accessible macroscopic analogues (elastic tissue dynamics, roll folding, the "snap" effect of a cavity) as pedagogical "scaffolding". At the same time, it is strictly demonstrated that these intuitive metaphors possess mathematical isomorphism with the apparatus of brane cosmology and the nonlinear dynamics of topological defects. This approach makes the most complex topology accessible to a new generation of researchers without losing a single gram of scientific rigor. The SBM resolves five key ΛCDM anomalies exclusively through the geometry and kinematics of a multilayered elastic medium, without invoking *ad hoc* scalar fields. We show that the "Cold Spot" and the "Axis of Evil" are not statistical outliers, but direct macroscopic imprints of anisotropic twisting and adiabatic cooling in topological traps. A key achievement of the work is the formulation of rigid, testable predictions. In particular, the model predicts the detection of an asymmetric, spiral-shaped B-mode polarization pattern in the form of a "comet's tail" at the boundaries of the Cold Spot, elongated strictly along the "Axis of Evil" vector. This signature allows for the unambiguous falsification of the spherical supervoid hypothesis and confirmation of the topological nature of the anomaly. Consciously abandoning the strict Cosmological Principle, the work proposes a transition from the "expanding gas" paradigm to the "dynamically folding elastic structure" paradigm, opening new avenues at the intersection of physics, topology, and continuum mechanics.
Author: Komissarov, Aleksandr
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7222812464
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