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1. Chiral Symmetry Restoration

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   The Inflaton Field Coupling
   In certain extensions of the Standard Model, the Inflaton field ($\Phi_{\text{inf}}$), responsible for Cosmic Inflation, couples non-minimally to the quark condensate density. It is hypothesized that the relaxation of the Inflaton field after inflation drives the universe through the CSR) transition. If the relaxation…

2. Chiral Symmetry Restoration

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   In certain extensions of the Standard Model, the Inflaton field ($\Phi_{\text{inf}}$), responsible for Cosmic Inflation, couples non-minimally to the quark condensate density. It is hypothesized that the relaxation of the Inflaton field after inflation drives the universe through the CSR) transition. If the relaxation is too rapid (a "Too Fast Roll")…

3. Cosmology (inflationary Models)

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   Cosmological inflation theory posits a period of extremely rapid, exponential expansion of the early universe ($\text{universe}$), beginning at approximately $10^{-36}$ seconds after the Big Bang ($\text{Big Bang}$). This mechanism, driven by a hypothetical scalar field known as the inflaton field ($\phi$), resolves several long-standing puzzles inherent in the standard Big Bang model ($\text{Big Bang model}$), such as …

4. Cosmology (inflationary Models)

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   The Inflaton Field and Potential Energy
   The dynamics of inflation are governed by the potential energy density $V(\phi)$ of the inflaton field. During the inflationary epoch, the field slowly rolls down this potential, a phase termed "slow-roll." The condition for slow-roll requires the derivatives of the potential energy relative to the field be small:
   $$ \epsilon \equiv \frac{1}{2} MP^2 \left(\frac{V'(\phi)}{V(\phi)}\right)^2 \ll 1 \quad \text{and} \quad \eta \equiv MP^2 \frac{V''(\phi)}{V(\phi)} \ll 1 $$

5. Cosmology (inflationary Models)

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   Scalar Perturbations
   The amplitude of scalar perturbations, quantified by the power spectrum $PS(k)$, is nearly scale-invariant, meaning the spectral index $ns$ is close to unity: $n_s \approx 1 - 2\epsilon + 4\eta \approx 0.96$ [3]. The mechanism attributes the origin of these fluctuations to quantum fluctuations in the inflaton field becoming stretched to astrophysical scales during inflation. Regions of slightly higher inflaton energy density correspond to future regions of slightly higher matter density.
   Tensor Perturbati…