On Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 10:08:37 PM UTC, Brent wrote: > > > > On 12/22/2018 3:46 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: > > If the temperature was non uniform when the BB occurred, if it > > occurred, why would a sudden increase in its volume, aka inflation, > > erase or wash out those non uniformities? ISTM, it would preserve them. > > It might preserve them, but it would push them beyond the visible part > of the universe. > > > OTOH, if the initial temperature were uniform, would that obviate the > > need for inflation, or would non uniformities tend to become manifest > > were it not for inflation? TIA, AG > > No, Guth actually proposed inflation as a way to explain the absence of > magnetic monopoles and the apparent spatial flatness of the universe. >
*You joggled my memory. Usually, or often, the case is made that inflation explains* *the uniformity of the CMBR temperature, which is also called the Horizon Problem. * *How does it do that? What assumptions are made about initial BB temperature to * *cause inflation to be a plausible explanation? TIA, AG* > > Brent > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
