Cosmic Noon

≈ 3.5 billion years · Structure Formation

Temperature (K): 8.2
When: ≈ 3.5 billion years
Redshift: z ≈ 2
Era: Structure Formation
Seconds After Big Bang: 110449255000000000

What Happened

Star formation peaks: the universe builds stars about ten times faster than it does now. Most stars that have ever existed were born around this time.

Researchers

Charles Steidel Simon Lilly Piero Madau Mark Dickinson

Equations

Stefan–Boltzmann Law Chandrasekhar Limit Saha Ionization Equation

Theories

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

Referenced by

equation

Chandrasekhar Limit Saha Ionization Equation Stefan–Boltzmann Law

researcher

Charles Steidel Mark Dickinson Piero Madau Simon Lilly

theory

Stellar Nucleosynthesis

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