Implications of the statistical bootstrap model for cosmology and galaxy formation

The statistical bootstrap model suggests that the hadron level density is sigma (m) approximately Cm/sup -3/ exp(m/T/sub h/). With a spectrum of this type, massive hadron resonances will predominate in the early stages of the big bang. and the universe will evolve out of equilibrium. The decay chains of these resonances may be so lengthy that the hadron era is prolonged far past its conventional end. The subsequent radiation era will be considerably foreshortened. and will have major consequences. (38 refs).