Inflation and the Birth of the Universe (Part 2)

The Universe Before the Big Bang Inflation and the Birth of the Universe Finally, the reader may ask why the phase of pre-Big-Bang inflation has been represented in Fig. 5.3 by plotting two different types of behavior of the spatial radius, corresponding to the solid curves labeled by R (the inner one) and RE (the … Read more

Inflation and the Birth of the Universe (Part 1)

The Universe Before the Big Bang Inflation and the Birth of the Universe The standard cosmological model, which describes the current Universe in terms of its matter and radiation components, and covers a seemingly long period of time – more than 10 billion years, from epochs preceding the synthesis of nuclear elements until now – … Read more