On Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 11:03:14 AM UTC-7, Lawrence Crowell wrote: > > On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 8:36:35 PM UTC-6, Alan Grayson wrote: >> >> I'm watching a science channel about the BB. It's claimed that in the >> VERY early universe, a few seconds after the BB, it was so HOT that >> Hydrogen was fusing into Helium. BUT ... I thought Hydrogen didn't form >> until around 380,000 years AFTER the BB, when the CMBR formed. What's going >> on? TIA, AG >> > > You are thinking of hydrogen atoms. After the first three minutes, when EW > was unified, there was a 20 minute period where temperatures permitted p + > p --> D + e^ + neutrino. These could fuse into He_2^4. A quarter of all > protons fused into alpha nuclei. This was predicted and supports BB. The > temperature of universe was billions to hundreds of millions K. Interesting > that mush fusion happened that quickly. It was later when temperatures > dropped below 10,000K or so that hydrogen and helium atoms formed. > > LC >
Yes, the documentary referred to "hydrogen", not protons. Does the BB theory explain the existence of protons during the first few seconds or minutes using the quantum foam? AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/f8377a3a-b573-4402-8b5e-24020ec27c16%40googlegroups.com.
