New dates for the eras of the universe from the Planck data

2013/08/27 by Kévin Cahill, Cahill, Kevin
Physics and Astronomy · #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO) #FOS: Physical sciences #History and Developments in Astronomy #Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph) #Relativity and Gravitational Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1308.6001

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Abstract

Data from the Planck satellite imply new dates for the major eras of the universe. The era of radiation ended 50,150 years after inflation and the era of matter 10.31 billion years after inflation or 3.51 billion years ago.

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