The Radion Saturation Principle: One Field, Three Phenomena — Cosmological Bounce, Black Star Arrest, and Flavor Anomalies

Key Points

• The research aims to establish the Radion Saturation Principle as a unifying concept explaining three significant astrophysical phenomena.
• Introduced the Radion Saturation Principle by analyzing the radion field phi at critical density rho_c = 7.4 rho_nuc.
• Examined the implications across various scales and contexts, specifically at T_bounce ≈ T_QCD, black star mass limits, and flavor violations in LHCb data.
• Identified cosmological bounce at a temperature of approximately 158 MeV.
• Determined a maximum mass for black stars of 4.56 solar masses, revealing a mass gap in GWTC-4.0.
• Highlighted LHCb flavor anomalies with a significance of 3.2σ for deviation from expected values.