What Do We Mean by Inflation

question 81

Multiple Choice

What do we mean by inflation?

• A) A sudden and extremely rapid expansion of the universe that occurred in a tiny fraction of a second during the universe's first second of existence
• B) The expansion of the universe that we still observe today
• C) The sudden release of photons when a particle and antiparticle annihilate one another
• D) Quantum fluctuations by high speed, relativistic particles in a state of false vacuum that caused disturbances in the space-time continuum leading to the process described in the question to which this answer refers

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