History of Our Universe

EVENT PARTICLES TIME REDSHIFT HORIZON SIZE TEMPERATURE ENERGY DENSITY
t z dH T kT r (g/cm3)
quantum gravity primordial black holes            
gravity decoupled gravitons 0.5x10-43 s 10 32 10-35 m 1032 K 1019 GeV > 1e94
Inflation began (GUT)   10-35 s 10 28 10-27 m 1028 K 1015 GeV 1095 erg
strong force decoupled   10-34 s     1027 K 1014 GeV  
Inflation ended q,q,e,e,n,n,t,t,m,m,W-,g 10-33 s 10 27 1 1027 K 1015 GeV  
quark era   10-23 s 10 21   1021 K 109 GeV 1.E+55
electroweak transition p,p,n,n,e,e,n,n,t,t,m,m,W- 10 ps = 10-11 s 10 15   1015.5 K 300 GeV 3.E+27
quarks -> hadrons p,n,e,e,n,n,t,t,m,m 1 ms = 10-6 s 10 12.5 .1 ly 1013 K 1 GeV 4.E+17
    0.01 ms 10 12 .3 ly 1012.5 K 272 MeV 3.E+15
antiprotons annihilate muons anihilate 0.1 ms 10 11.5 1 ly 1012 K 86 MeV 4.E+13
    1 ms 10 11 3 ly 1011.5 K 27 MeV 3.E+11
  p~n,e,e,n,n 0.01 s 10 10.5 10 ly 1011 K 8.6 MeV 4.E+09
  62%p,38%n,e,e,n,n 0.1 s 10 10 30 ly 1010.5 K 2.7 MeV 3.E+07
neutrinos decouple 76%p,24%n,e,e,n 1 s 10 9.5 100 ly 1010 K .86 MeV 400,000
ee annihilate 83%p,17%n,e,n 14 s 10 9 300 ly 109.5 K .27 MeV 3,000
D,He form, free n decay 86%p,14%n,e,n 3 min 10 8.5 1000 ly 109 K 86 keV 40
Nucleosynthesis begins p+n => D 3.75 min 10 8.5 1000 ly 109 K 80 keV  
  He 30 min 10 8 3000 ly 108.5 K 28 keV  
CMB spectrum fixed p, e, He 1 month 10 6.5 100000 ly 107 K 500 eV  
    3,000 y 100,000 300000 ly 300,000 26  
matter-radiation equality   75,000 y 3233 4x106 ly 9000 K 5.5 eV 1x10-17
Recombination p+e => H 200,000 y       0.4 eV 0
Decoupling begins   320,000 y 1186   3235 0.28 10mp/mm3
Decoupling   379,000 y 1089 107 ly 2967 K 0.26 eV 8mp/mm3
Decoupling ends   438,000 y 990   2700 0.23 6mp/mm3
Reionization 1st stars 180,000,000 y 20   57 5 1Ms/(30ly)3
Earliest galaxy observed 1st galaxies 850,000,000 y 6.58   20 K 1.72 2613
Solar System   9,100,000,000 y 0.44   3.9 0.34 18
matter-L equality   9,500,000,000 y 0.39   3.8 0.33 16
life on Earth   10,200,000,000 y 0.31   3.6 0.31 13
Today   13,700,000,000 y 0 1010 ly 2.725 K 0.25 meV 6mp/m3

Last Updated on 12/17/2003
By Yuki