chaotic inflation

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Chaotic inflation is a cosmological model proposed by Andrei Linde in which the early universe undergoes rapid exponential expansion driven by randomly distributed scalar fields in a high-energy chaotic initial state.

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instanceOf cosmological inflation model
cosmological model
physical theory
aimsToExplain absence of magnetic monopoles
flatness of the universe
horizon problem
origin of large-scale structure of the universe
assumes large initial values of the inflaton field
random initial conditions for scalar fields
basedOn classical field theory
general relativity
quantum field theory in curved spacetime
category inflationary universe models
contrastsWith new inflation potential near a false vacuum
old inflation
describes early universe
feature chaotic initial state
high-energy initial conditions
randomly distributed scalar fields
rapid exponential expansion
field cosmology
theoretical physics
hasConsequence Gaussian primordial fluctuations (approximately)
generation of nearly scale-invariant spectrum of density perturbations
super-horizon correlations
hasVariant eternal chaotic inflation
influenced development of eternal inflation models
modern inflationary cosmology
involves inflaton potential
slow-roll parameters
mathematicalFramework FLRW cosmological models
surface form: Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker cosmology
predicts adiabatic primordial perturbations
nearly flat spatial geometry
stochastic distribution of inflating regions in eternal versions
proposedBy Andrei Linde
relatedTo eternal inflation
multiverse hypothesis
new inflation
requires violation of the strong energy condition
testedBy cosmic microwave background observations
large-scale structure surveys
timePeriodProposed 1980s
usesConcept inflationary expansion
quantum fluctuations
scalar field
slow-roll inflation

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Andrei Linde knownFor chaotic inflation