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Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe
"The Self-Reproducing Inflationary Universe" is a feature article presented in the March 1998 issue of Scientific American. If you click on the link below, a new window will be opened for you.

 


Inflationary Universe
(a) A cosmological model in which the Universe underwent an epoch of extraordinarily rapid expansion within the first 10-30 s or so after the big bang; in a typical version, ...

inflationary universe: A version of the big bang theory that includes a rapid expansion when the universe was very young.

New Inflationary Universe
a revised form of the Inflationary Universe model that provides a mechanism to avoid the gross inhomogeneities which result from the theory as originally proposed. [D89]
Newton (N) ...

The Inflationary Universe
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The Formation of Structure in the Universe ...

Along with the monopole problem and the horizon problem, it is one of the three primary motivations for the theory of an inflationary universe.

Linde, "A New Inflationary Universe Scenario: A Possible Solution Of The Horizon, Flatness, Homogeneity, Isotropy And Primordial Monopole Problems", Phys. Lett. B 108, 389 (1982). and, independently, Andreas Albrecht and Paul SteinhardtA.

You could also try the book "The Inflationary Universe: The Quest for a New Theory of Cosmic Origins" written by Alan Guth and published by Addison-Wesley.
Best wishes,
Koji Mukai
for Imagine the Universe! ...

Alan H. Guth
1947-
American
developed the theory of cosmic evolution known as the inflationary universe ...

See also: Universe, Inflation, Model, Density, Field