Would elemental particles survive a big crunch?

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The discussion centers on the Big Crunch, a theoretical scenario in physical cosmology where the universe's expansion reverses, leading to a recollapse into a singularity. It is concluded that generally, nothing survives this process except potentially energy. The conversation emphasizes the implications of this scenario on elemental particles, suggesting that their survival is contingent on the specific mechanisms involved in the collapse.

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If the universe were compacted to a singularity would elemental particles survive?
 
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Depends on the mechanism, but generally big crunch means nothing survives except maybe energy.
here is one specific scenario:

In physical cosmology, the Big Crunch is one possible scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe, in which the metric expansion of space eventually reverses and the universe recollapses, ultimately ending as a black hole singularity.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_crunch
 

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