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The quark theory of hadrons provides a valuable tool for interpreting conditions during early epochs of the Universe. In particular, an asymptotically free theory of quarks seems to rule out the possibility that the present-day entropy of the Universe could be due to dissipation of low level fluctuations. Apparently either the early Universe was inhomogeneous on small mass scales or anisotropic.
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Chapline, G. Quarks in the early Universe. Nature 261, 550–551 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/261550a0
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