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According to inflation theory, there first was a scalar quantum field in a false-vacuum (the inflaton). The whole inflationary expansion only got started when the inflaton decayed to its true vacuum.
But then people say that the dark energy that causes the universe to expand today, could be just a constant scalar field without any decaying.
My question: why had the inflaton to decay in order to inflate the universe? Why couldn't it be just a constant scalar quantum field, with high energy enough to make the universe expand (and decay afterwards)? What's the matter with a decaying false-vacuum?THANKS
But then people say that the dark energy that causes the universe to expand today, could be just a constant scalar field without any decaying.
My question: why had the inflaton to decay in order to inflate the universe? Why couldn't it be just a constant scalar quantum field, with high energy enough to make the universe expand (and decay afterwards)? What's the matter with a decaying false-vacuum?THANKS