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=== Inflation === * c. 10<sup>โ35</sup> seconds: [[cosmic inflation|inflation]], expands the universe by a factor of the order of 10<sup>26</sup> over a time of the order of 10<sup>โ33</sup> to 10<sup>โ32</sup> seconds. The universe is [[supercooled]] from about 10<sup>27</sup> down to 10<sup>22</sup> kelvin.<ref>Guth, "Phase transitions in the very early universe", in: Hawking, Gibbon, Siklos (eds.), ''The Very Early Universe'' (1985).</ref> * c. 10<sup>โ32</sup> seconds: Cosmic inflation ends.<ref name="Chow-2008">{{Cite book |last=Chow |first=Tai L. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/166358163 |title=Gravity, black holes, and the very early universe: an introduction to general relativity and cosmology |date=2008 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-387-73629-7 |location=New York |oclc=166358163}}</ref>{{rp|193}} The familiar [[elementary particle]]s now form as a soup of hot ionized gas called [[quarkโgluon plasma]];
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