Cosmology
type: Concept
narrower: Cosmic inflation

Alternatives to cosmic inflation
type: Concept
broader: Cosmic inflation

E-folding time
type: Concept
broader: Cosmic inflation

Gravitational waves
type: Concept
broader: Cosmic inflation

Cosmic inflation
type: Concept
narrower: E-folding time
narrower: Alternatives to cosmic inflation
narrower: Gravitational waves
modified: 2020-10-27T13:27:32.993Z
modified: 2020-10-27T13:27:21.235Z
alternative label: Cosmological inflation
alternative label: Inflation (cosmology)
broader: Cosmology
contributor: AAS Frey.Katie
definition: A brief exponential expansion of the Universe postulated to have occurred 10-35 seconds after the Big Bang, in response to the separation of the strong interaction from the electroweak interaction. This idea aims at explaining the flatness problem, the horizon problem, and the magnetic monopole problem.