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Buzz Bloom
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- It seems plausible that astronomers must have found somewhere is space a largest volume which contains no stars. To make this question better defined, I suggest visualizing this volume to have the shape of an ellipsoid. I am interested in learning about this volume, primarily its size, and out of curiosity how far away from Earth it is. My reason for wanting to know the answer to the primary question is explained in the body of this post.
The answer to the primary question in the summary is the first step in seeking an answer to a more complicated question I plan to post in a separate thread later. This more complicated question is a consequence of the thread:
Wikipedia gives a good explanation of the phenomenon, but no numerical values.
That is the more complicated question I want to pursue after I can get some help with respect to this thread.
How much would reionization increase the temperature of isolated H atom gas (or maybe H2 gas)?
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/qs-re-the-behavior-of-atoms-after-decoupling-completed.994581/ .
An answering post which I received from @kimbyd pointed out that reionization would make the temperature of the H atom gas larger than the value I calculated for the current time: 0.002959 K.Wikipedia gives a good explanation of the phenomenon, but no numerical values.
That is the more complicated question I want to pursue after I can get some help with respect to this thread.
How much would reionization increase the temperature of isolated H atom gas (or maybe H2 gas)?