Evolution of the black-body spectrum in the Friedmann universe

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Dec 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977amjph..45.1168c&link_type=abstract

American Journal of Physics, Volume 45, Issue 12, pp. 1168-1172 (1977).

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Classical General Relativity

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A fully rigorous, but simple, derivation of the evolution of an initially black-body spectrum in the closed Friedmann universe is given. Some authors have assumed that, strictly speaking, one cannot speak of thermal equilibrium of the radiation, since it is in a changing gravitational background. This is shown to be incorrect, and a simple analogy of vibrations on an expanding circle of string illustrates the reason. It is possible to define a very natural dimensionless equilibrium constant. Finally, the problem of finding the electromagnetic eigenmodes is solved efficiently with differential forms.

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