Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-05-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
A fundamental assumption inherent in the standard Lambda+CDM Hot Big Bang (HBB) model is that photons lose energy as they are redshifted due to the expansion of the universe. We show that for the Quasi-Static Universe (QSU) model, in which photon energy is an invariant in the cosmological reference frame, the photon number density in the universe today is a factor of approximately 1600 less than in the standard model. We examine some of the consequences for a number of processes that occur during the thermal history of the early universe, including primordial nucleosynthesis, the formation of neutral hydrogen (recombination), and the evolution of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation. We show that the QSU model predicts that the measured CMB photon noise level will be a factor of 40 higher than the level that would be observed assuming the standard HBB model. The CMB data that will be collected by the recently launched Planck satellite mission provides an ideal opportunity to test the validity of this prediction.
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