A New Idea Might Help Scientists Understand The Big Bang Better – Forbes
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In the recent paper, researchers possibly solved the conundrum by essentially invoking a new kind of phase transition. The energy that drove the accelerating expansion of the universe during the inflation period converted into heat energy that created the hot bath of plasma that evolved into our familiar universe. In this transition, the inflaton field disappeared (thus turning off inflation) and heated up the universe, which led to us.
This work remains speculative and will certainly require substantial additional study to confirm, but the conversion of energy from one form to another allowed researchers killed two metaphorical birds with one stone. The work also highlights the fact that the details of how the universe came into play are actually pretty complex. It is highly likely that the final theory of the origins of the universe will be even more intricate.
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