inflaton

inflaton
A proposed particle that would have been responsible for inflation in the very early universe

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  • Inflationary epoch — In physical cosmology the inflationary epoch was the period in the evolution of the early universe when, according to inflation theory, the universe underwent an extremely rapid exponential expansion. This rapid expansion increased the linear… …   Wikipedia

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