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Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com> wrote:
>> Seriously, I think they think it has something to do with zero-point energy,
>> i.e., the fact that virtual particles will spontaneously come into existence
>> and then annihilate each other again. I can't really say I understand it
>> beyond "it's something about quantum" (as Terry Pratchett would say)
>
> Even if that explains the current expansions, would it explain the
> initial rapid inflation?
I don't think so, no. Certainly not if the whole quantum mess didn't even
start until after inflation. (I hadn't realized that "inflation" actually
happened that early and quickly until this conversation.)
> Seemingly not, as there appears to be a hypothesis for a different particle
> that caused the cosmic inflation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflaton
Damn. Inflation ended when the universe was only one meter across? Yow.
> How can it cause the universe to expand faster than c?
Only if the actual energy turned into space, or something? I have nothing
buy BS guesses for that. :-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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