“Inflation” is now totally discredited, not even a science.
Why did you not mention the work of {Anna Ijjas, Paul J. Steinhardt and Abraham Loeb}???
There are a few facts about ‘inflation’.
One, it is just a reverse-engineering to produce a ‘Big Bang’ state: that is, a period of exponential expansion from something very small.
Two, it does not provide any guideline for the ‘fate’ of this universe.
Three, it does not provide any explanation for the current ‘accelerating cosmic expansion’.
Four, it is highly sensitive to its initial condition; that is, it itself is not an initial condition of THIS universe. Thus, it is an ad hoc trash, not needed for this universe.
Five, it cannot shake-off a bad consequence, the multiverse; that is, it does not even provide any explanation for THIS universe.
Six, it does not provide a solution for the baryongenesis issue.
On the other hand, the ‘Bounce-cosmology’ does provide:
One, the initial ‘exponential expansion’ via the cyclic-multiverses before THIS big bang.
The ‘matter and anti-matter alternately appear in each bounce’ naturally resolve the BaryonGenesis issue.
Two, the ‘FATE’ of any universe (including this one) is clearly defined, a new bounce.
Three, the ‘current accelerating cosmic expansion’ is clearly explained with a dark flow. And, this dark flow is now confirmed by the new Hubble Constant measurement.
And it is also confirmed by the Planck CMB data.
In fact, the entire evolution of THIS universe {from initial condition — > Big Bang — > CMB — > star/galaxy formation — > current accelerating cosmic expansion — > a new bounce} is explained with the dark flow (W).
Note added on September 28, 2017 (almost 3 months after this post): Sabine (a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity and high energy physics) wrote an article {Is The Inflationary Universe A Scientific Theory? Not Anymore, see https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/09/28/is-the-inflationary-universe-a-scientific-theory-not-anymore/#2d04f93eb45e }.
