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cosmic inflation

cosmological model that fits within the Big Bang paradigm, according to which a region of the universe—including the observable universe—underwent a phase of very rapid expansion that is thought to have caused it to grow by a considerable factor
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Summary

cosmic inflation is a cosmological model[1]. It draws 5,296 Wikipedia views per month (cosmological model category, ranking #3 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Alan Guth[3], Alexei Starobinski[4], Katsuhiko Satō[5]
  • Instance of: hypothesis[6], occurrence[7]
  • Commons category: Cosmic inflation[8]
  • Time of discovery or invention: 1981[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cosmic inflation[10]
  • Described at URL: https://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/astronomie/inflation/197[11]
  • Facet of: cosmology[12]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/cosmological-inflation[13], https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/tags/cosmological-inflation[14]
  • Different from: Inflation[15]
  • Significant person: Andrei Linde[16], Alexei Starobinski[17]
  • P14541: PQbg4[18]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for cosmic inflation include inflaton[19], a type of quantum particle[20].

Why It Matters

cosmic inflation has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include inflaton[19], a type of quantum particle[20].

Related Entities

Alan Guth Andrei Linde cosmology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . spektrum.de. Retrieved . spektrum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . spektrum.de. Retrieved . spektrum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . spektrum.de. Retrieved . spektrum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . spektrum.de. Retrieved . spektrum.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . zgbk.com. zgbk.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Shionomisaki2458 · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Discoverer or inventor → Alan Guth, Alexei Starobinski, Katsuhiko Satō
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  2. 14d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'cv', 'de', 'el', 'en', '
    Gnd id → 4296767-3
    Wikidata description → cosmological model that fits within the Big Bang paradigm, according to which a
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → PQbg4
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  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant person → Andrei Linde, Alexei Starobinski
    Different from → Inflation
    Facet of → cosmology
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|11 */ Yso id: 27805, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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