If you enjoyed my write up on Tegmark’s Level II multiverse, you might enjoy this guest post that he makes on Sean Carroll’s blog, which includes a link to the chapter on inflation from his book, including those visual aids I referenced!
Since the BICEP2 breakthrough is generating such huge interest in inflation, I’ve decided to post my entire book chapter on inflation here so that you can get an up-to-date and self-contained account of what it’s all about. Here are some of the questions answered:
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What does the theory of inflation really predict?
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What physics does it assume?
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Doesn’t creation of the matter around us from almost nothing violate energy conservation?
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How could an infinite space get created in a finite time?
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How is this linked to the BICEP2 signal?
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What remarkable prize did Alan Guth win in 2005?
via Guest Post: Max Tegmark on Cosmic Inflation | Sean Carroll.
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