Does Our Universe Prefer Exotic Smoothness?

Abstract

Various experimentally verified values of physical parameters indicate that the universe evolves close to the topological phase of exotic smoothness structures on R 4 and K3 surface. The structures determine the α parameter of the Starobinski model, the number of e-folds, the spectral tilt, the scalar-to-tensor ratio and the GUT and electroweak energy scales, as topologically supported quantities. Neglecting exotic R 4 and K3 leaves these free parameters undetermined. We present general physical and mathematical reasons for such preference of exotic smoothness. It appears that the spacetime should be formed on open domains of smooth K 3 # C P 2 ¯ at extra-large scales possibly exceeding our direct observational capacities. Such potent explanatory power of the formalism is not that surprising since there exist natural physical conditions, which we state explicitly, that allow for the unique determination of a spacetime within the exotic K3.