The new discovery from the BICEP2 indicated that the inflation may be happened for a longer time than predicted before. In addition to that, the high values of gravitational waves detected indicated that there is a larger force of expansion than thought before. Is this an indication that inflation may have kept happening until the recent discovery and it may be responsible for the detected expansion?
Its true that Large values of gravitational waves detected. So low energy inflation models are almost ruled out. Till now we have no idea which inflation model is correct. And inflation off course has ended long before otherwise its a big threat to the modern cosmology.
"...inflation may keep happening?"
Short answer: No.
Long answer: No, No, No.
If I may add: has BICEP2 actually detected primordial gravity waves? No to that one too. (short answer).
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