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Undergrad What if the early expansion of the Universe was not so rapid?
Thanks Jaime. What if the inflationary period took much, much longer than the explosive expansion theorized?- kirtg
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- Forum: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology
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Undergrad What if the early expansion of the Universe was not so rapid?
Hi. If the early universe did not undergo rapid expansion but rather a more controlled growth like the human body, how old would the universe be given its present size? thanks- kirtg
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- Age Growth Universe
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- Forum: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology
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Graduate Why does gravity bend light if photons have no mass?
So if a nearly massless neutrino with no charge can penetrate matter with little likelihood of a collision, why doesn't a photon do the same thing"- kirtg
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- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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Graduate Why does gravity bend light if photons have no mass?
if a photon is massless like the neutrino and has not charge like the neutrino, why doesn't it penetrate matter like the neutrino?- kirtg
- Post #35
- Forum: Special and General Relativity
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Graduate What is the role of elasticity in space-time according to Sakharov's theory?
If spacetime is not a substance, where do virtual particles come from?- kirtg
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- Forum: Astronomy, Astrophysics, Cosmology
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Graduate Why does gravity bend light if photons have no mass?
doesn't the kinetic energy of a photon give it a "mass" if energy=mass and mass=energy?- kirtg
- Post #34
- Forum: Special and General Relativity