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History of the Universe

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Yet Another Introduction to Dark Matter

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Physics ((LNP,volume 959))

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When we study the history of the Universe with a focus on the matter content of the Universe, we have to define three key parameters.

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    This is the only thermodynamic result which we will (repeatedly) use in these notes.

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Bauer, M., Plehn, T. (2019). History of the Universe. In: Yet Another Introduction to Dark Matter. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 959. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16234-4_1

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