Was Gravity turned off during inflation?

[rwmp]

Do the current models of inflation contain an implicit understanding that gravity is some how turned off during the inflationary expansion? Does the scientific community believe that gravity is a temperature dependent phenomina?

 

[nicksauce]

Do the current models of inflation contain an implicit understanding that gravity is some how turned off during the inflationary expansion?

No. Why do you think this might be true?

 

[phyzguy]

Actually, far from having been turned off, current theories of inflation say that gravity was actually a repulsive force during inflation, and is what drove inflation. Here is an excellent website by Alan Guth, one of the inventors of inflation theory, that explains at a high level what the theory says.

http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Guth/Guth_contents.html

 

[rwmp]

Actually, far from having been turned off, current theories of inflation say that gravity was actually a repulsive force during inflation, and is what drove inflation. Here is an excellent website by Alan Guth, one of the inventors of inflation theory, that explains at a high level what the theory says.

http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Guth/Guth_contents.html

Thanks. This helps my understanding of why the early universe was not a black hole.

 

[brother time]

Thanks Phyzguy. I have had questions about inflation and you answered them. Now hyperinflation makes sense.
thanks again, BT