On Effective Degrees of Freedom in the Early Universe

We explore the effective degrees of freedom in the early Universe, from before the electroweak scale at a few femtoseconds after the Big Bang until the last positrons disappeared a few minutes later. We look at the established concepts of effective degrees of freedom for energy density, pressure, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lars Husdal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-12-01
Series:Galaxies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4434/4/4/78