1. Basics of Inflationary Cosmology - Berkeley Center for ...
1. Basics of Inflationary Cosmology - Berkeley Center for ...
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What causes inflation?<br />
The condition is satisfied<br />
provided<br />
ä > 0<br />
ρ + 3p < 0<br />
The simplest way <strong>for</strong> this to take place is <strong>for</strong><br />
the Universe to become dominated by the<br />
potential energy <strong>of</strong> a scalar field. In<br />
fundamental physics, such a field describes<br />
spin-zero particles (eg the Higgs).
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