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Virtual era

  1. Sep 25, 2005 #1

    Loren Booda

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    Was there an early epoch when all particles were virtual - perhaps before the Planck time?
     
    Loren Booda, Sep 25, 2005
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  3. Sep 27, 2005 #2

    hellfire

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    There was a time at which no particles existed and only quantum fluctuations of fields took place. Particle production takes place after inflation.
     
    hellfire, Sep 27, 2005
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