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Scientists have provided a solid foundation for an alternative theory to help explain how the early universe took shape.

This theory, first devised two decades ago, proposes that the dominant expansion in the early universe some 14 billion years ago, known as cosmological inflation, took place in a warm environment. The idea differs from existing theories which state that this time of change took place during a cold period.

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This work contradicts prevailing beliefs in the field that if would be near impossible to devise a compelling model, based on first principles, for this theory. Their idea takes into account a scientific process known as the Little Higgs mechanism, which stabilises the mass of sub-atomic particles known as Higgs bosons.

Their theory combines this mechanism with the concept that energy produced in the early universe allows for a continuous warm temperature.

Source: http://phys.org/news/2016-10-theory-redraws-formation-early-universe.html

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