What do we mean by inflation?
Answer
A) the expansion of the universe that we still observe today
B) the sudden release of photons when a particle and antiparticle annihilate one another
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D) quantum fluctuations by high speed, relativistic particles in a state of false vacuum that caused disturbances in the space-time continuum leading to the process described in the question to which this answer refers