Proposed physical mechanism that gives rise to cosmic inflation.

ABSTRACT: Early in the Universe a chemical equilibrium exists between photons and electron-positron ([Formula: see text]) pairs. In the electron Born self-energy (eBse) model the [Formula: see text] plasma falls out of equilibrium above a glass transition temperature [Formula: see text] determined by the maximum electron/positron number density of [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] is the electron radius. In the glassy phase ([Formula: see text]) the Universe undergoes exponential acceleration, characteristic of cosmic inflation, with a constant potential energy density [Formula: see text]. At lower temperatures [Formula: see text] photon-[Formula: see text] chemical equilibrium is restored and the glassy phase gracefully exits to the [Formula: see text] cosmological model when the equati

SUBMITTER: Law BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709372 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature