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According to current cosmological theories, approximately 14 billion years ago the universe was created at a single point in space-time in the “Big Bang”. As the universe expanded and cooled, numerous particle physics processes and particle-antiparticle annihilations occurred (e.g., Krane, 1996). After about t = 6 s, the universe consisted of some number N protons, N electrons, 0.16N neutrons, 109 N photons, and 109 N neutrinos, all at a temperature of approximately 1010 K.
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(2009). Formation of the giant planets. In: Giant Planets of Our Solar System. Springer Praxis Books. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85158-5_2
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