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CMB temperature at different ages
A discussion elsewhere lead me to wonder what the temperature
of the CMB was at about the time that Jupiter was forming. (I was wondering how the different background temperature would affect the rate at which the initial gravitational infall energy was radiated.) I'd guess that the temperature is declining exponentially, so I should be able to work out an expression from the decomposition temperature of hydrogen (ca. 5,000 K ? ), the present age of the universe (13.7 Gyr) and the present CMB temperature (3.7 K). But it would only be a guess. Does anyone have an expression that would give the CMB's temperature as a function of time - either time after the hydrogen recombination/ big bang, or back from the present day? Doesn't have to be too accurate - give or take a factor of two would be fine. -- Aidan Karley, Aberdeen, Scotland, Location: +57d10' , -02d09' (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233 Written at Mon, 21 Nov 2005 18:05 GMT |
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