The Planck Era Refers to the

question 58

Multiple Choice

The Planck era refers to the

• A) time at which the expanding universe became transparent to radiation.
• B) time of extremely rapid inflation that started 10^-35 s after the universe began.
• C) first 10^-43 s of time, when all four fundamental forces are believed to have been united.
• D) present age of the universe as given by the Hubble law.

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