Quadratic Gravity Completion Predicts Minimum Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio Of 0.01, Enabling Big Bang Cosmology

Quadratic Gravity Completion Predicts Minimum Tensor-to-Scalar Ratio Of 0.01, Enabling Big Bang Cosmology

This research demonstrates that a specific theoretical model of the very early universe, based on quadratic gravity, successfully predicts observable patterns of cosmic expansion while naturally linking the initial conditions to the emergence of standard cosmological behaviour and requiring a detectable level of gravitational waves.