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Game_Minds t1_j24kvvp wrote

Reply to comment by Aseyhe in How does light factor into gravity models? by littleboymark

Geez you should be an astrophysicist ;) this is an excellent breakdown, do you have any articles or papers you recommend (or published) on the early universe that focus on expansion history and the emergence of cosmic structures?

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Aseyhe t1_j25kzqi wrote

I used Dodelson's Modern Cosmology originally. However:

  • There's a recent, very concise review article on the growth of structure.
  • For the expansion history, the Wikipedia article on Friedmann equations has most of the relevant mathematics.
  • The thermal history is more complicated. I hinted at some of its features when I mentioned 40% neutrinos and that photon domination only begins at a time of a few minutes (that's about when the electron-positron phase transition ends). I frequently refer to this article for details about the thermal history.
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