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  "abstract": "This paper is part of the SRDP (Self-Replication of Dark Particles) programme. The cosmic microwave background (CMB) and primordial nucleosynthesis prove that the Universe passed through a hot dense phase, but not an initial singularity. We assume \"nothing comes from nothing\": the monomedium (a homogeneous continuous medium) has always existed. The Borde–Guth–Vilenkin theorem forbids past-eternal expansion, not eternal existence, so we replace the eternal equilibrium at constant H > 0 of version 2 with an eternal equilibrium without expansion — unchanging on average (like a gas), not literally. Main picture: the monomedium is a vacuum-like medium, in the simplest version a stable \"parent\" vacuum, not ours; a rare fluctuation, the first for our world, turned a region of it into a Gliner \"heavy vacuum\", and inflation began. The \"eternal unstable equilibrium\" of a static universe is excluded; alternative: a \"gradual awakening\" with no first event (Ellis–Maartens). Version 2's trial model is refuted twice (eternal expansion; a hot phase excluded). Open: the parent vacuum's stability and past completeness, and the measure problem; in equilibrium \"why not earlier\" loses its meaning. Continuations on an equal footing: A — our world is born closed (&Omega;_k < 0); B — many bubble universes, ours among them (&Omega;_k ≥ 0). DESI DR3 and Euclid (in a model with evolving dark energy) may distinguish them if curvature is measurable. Status: hot phase — works (standard); monomedium era, first fluctuation, \"gradual awakening\", variants A and B — not established; trial model of version 2 — refuted.",
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      "name": "Sergei Moskvin",
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  "published": "2026-10-26",
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  "title": "The Cosmic Microwave Background Requires a Hot Phase, Not a Singularity: An Eternally Existing Medium at Rest and the Onset of Expansion",
  "title_text": "The Cosmic Microwave Background Requires a Hot Phase, Not a Singularity: An Eternally Existing Medium at Rest and the Onset of Expansion",
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