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The inflationary Universe—birth, death and transfiguration

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A number of exciting new experimental and theoretical developments have recently made a dramatic impact on the interdisciplinary study of cosmology and elementary particle physics. The Nuffield Foundation recently sponsored a 3-week workshop in Cambridge where theoreticians worked intensively on some of these problems. A brief review is given of the progress that was made as a result of the workshop, something of the background to the problems tackled, and the likely course of future developments.

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  1. Astronomy Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK

    John D. Barrow

  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 60637, USA

    Michael S. Turner

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Barrow, J., Turner, M. The inflationary Universe—birth, death and transfiguration. Nature 298, 801–805 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/298801a0

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