Inflation

10⁻³⁶ – 10⁻³² s · Very Early Universe

Temperature (K): 1e+27
When: 10⁻³⁶ – 10⁻³² s
Redshift: —
Era: Very Early Universe
Seconds After Big Bang: 1e-33

What Happened

Space expands by a factor of at least 10²⁶ in less time than light takes to cross a proton. It flattens the geometry, dilutes away the monopoles nobody can find, and stretches quantum fluctuations to cosmic size — those fluctuations become every galaxy that will ever exist.

Researchers

Andrei Linde Alexei Starobinsky Alan Guth

Equations

First Friedmann Equation Cosmological Equation of State Linear Perturbation Growth FLRW Metric

Theories

Cosmic Inflation

Referenced by

equation

Cosmological Equation of State FLRW Metric First Friedmann Equation Linear Perturbation Growth

researcher

Alan Guth Alexei Starobinsky Andrei Linde

theory

Cosmic Inflation

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