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To: Ranger, PatrickHenry
So for the benefit of the unwashed masses, what the heck does this finding mean?

It provides further evidence in support of the Inflationary variant of the Big Bang Theory of the formation of the Universe. That is to say that most Cosmologist accepted that some type of Big Bang scenario was the most likely explanation for the Universe; the evidence is mounting that among the various competing variants of BB cosmology, the so-called Inflationary variant (first proposed by Alan Guth) appears to be the most accurate one.

Don't know if I answered you question or not.....

Ping "PatrickHenry" for add'l details re: Guth's Inflationary Theory; PH is reading Guth's book.

7 posted on 09/14/2001 2:51:58 PM PDT by longshadow
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To: longshadow
Ping "PatrickHenry" for add'l details re: Guth's Inflationary Theory; PH is reading Guth's book.

I'm here, but I'm far from an authority. There are, by the way, several flavors of inflationary theory, differing in details, all awaiting observational evidence to sort out the survivor theory. But inflation in general seems to be a winner.

11 posted on 09/14/2001 4:28:55 PM PDT by PatrickHenry
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To: longshadow
7 - thanks for the physics for the ignorant explaination. You saved a lot of questions.
27 posted on 09/16/2001 4:44:42 PM PDT by XBob
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