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Did early quantum gravity leave detectable marks on cosmic expansion?

S. M. Ponomarenko

May 29, 2026

If quantum gravitational processes in the early universe left a lingering imprint on how fast space expands, galaxy surveys should see it. Using BAO data from BOSS and DESI plus 1,500 supernovae, this analysis finds no such signal — the correction vanishes completely, capping any 'gravitational memory' effect below 5% amplitude out to redshift 2. The result tightly constrains a whole class of exotic early-universe models without invoking any new physics.
Published as Constraints on the Phenomenology of Dissipative Cosmological Memory from BAO (BOSS + DESI 2024) and Pantheon+ Data arXiv:2606.00227
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