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The ideas originally proposed to discuss continuous creation of matter are reconsidered in the context of the big bang cosmological models. It is shown that singularity-free big bang models are possible under the modified field equations of general relativity. However, the case is made out that matter creation takes place in several mini-bangs at different epochs rather than in one big bang. The implications of this idea for high energy astrophysics and for gravitational radiation are discussed.
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Narlikar, J.V. Mini-bangs in cosmology and astrophysics. Pramana - J. Phys 2, 158–170 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847326
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02847326