Concept information
Preferred term
Inflationary universe
Definition
- A class of Big Bang models of the Universe that include a finite period of accelerated expansion in their early histories. Such an event would have released enormous energy, stored until then in the vacuum of space-time. The horizon of the Universe expanded, temporarily, much faster than the speed of light. (en)
Broader concept
- Cosmological models (en)
- Early universe (en)
URI
http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/784
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