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What happens at the energy of about 10^16 GeV?
http://www.sukidog.com/jpierre/strings/why.htm
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Physics at this high energy scale describes the universe as it existed during the first moments of the Big Bang
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Physics at this high energy scale describes the universe as it existed during the first moments of the Big Bang
Explain this statement
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According to your source (different sources give different figures), 10^16 GeV is the energy at which the electroweak and strong nuclear forces merge according to the various Grand Unification Theories.
http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q1050.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/HBASE/forces/unify.html#c5
The only time in the history of the universe when the average particle energy was as high as 10^14 to 10^16 GeV was in the first 10^-36 second of the Big Bang.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Big_Bang#The_grand_unification_epoch
The high energy levels achieved in particle accelerators are an attempt to reproduce those early conditions.
http://www.astronomycafe.net/qadir/q1050.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/HBASE/forces/unify.html#c5
The only time in the history of the universe when the average particle energy was as high as 10^14 to 10^16 GeV was in the first 10^-36 second of the Big Bang.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Big_Bang#The_grand_unification_epoch
The high energy levels achieved in particle accelerators are an attempt to reproduce those early conditions.
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