Victor Chibisov
This article was originally prepared in anticipation of the launch of the James webb space telescope (JWST) by NASA on December 24, 2021. JWST, in accordance with its program of work, is expected to peer into the first galaxies beyond the redshift corresponding to the time interval of 100-250 million years after the Big Bang. explosion. The article presents the rationale for the prediction of the detection of metals in the gaseous environment of the first galaxies at this point even before the explosion of the first supernovae. To substantiate this forecast, the article considers a variant of the preon structure of nucleons, which allows us to take a fresh look at the mechanism of the occurrence of a mass defect, and the ensuing consequences about the existence of relic neutrons of increased mass in the early universe, and the implementation of primary nucleosynthesis according to Gamow’s scheme from relic neutrons of increased mass. This article is of a discussion nature and is intended to familiarize the scientific community with the proposed concept, which, in our opinion, does not contradict the ideas of modern physics about the structure of matter, but refines this structure taking into account previously put forward and unreasonably rejected hypotheses.