um....that made no sense? i mean...the big bang created the universe.....what else could it have created?

i wish i still had my physics notes from astronomy class, but this always stuck with me...i don't remember the actual name, as it is a scientist name, but it starts with a P....sumtin like Paluk...or sumtin....anyway, itz a theory that after the big bang happened, there's this period of time, known as the Paluk time before any kind of physical particle existed....so you had big bang, then this period of time, then physical existence.....so, what existed between the big bang and that first physical particle? is it something metaphysical? i wonder.....