Inflaton 暴胀子
The inflaton is a hypothetical scalar field
that is supposed to be responsible for cosmic inflation
in the very early universe.
A quantized particle for this field is expected, similar to other quantum fields, called an inflaton (see Inflation (cosmology)). The field provides a mechanism by which a period of rapid expansion from 10 to 10 seconds after the initial expansion can be generated, forming the universe.