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Subject: Re: WAY off topic -- Mass of the Universe {Not a word about big-O in here!}

Author: Colin Frayn

Date: 04:47:24 05/11/01

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On May 10, 2001 at 14:38:40, Dann Corbit wrote some stuff:

Critical density = 3(H_0)^2/(8G\pi) = roughly 10^{-26} kg m^{-3}

Age of the universe ~ 15Gyr from Globular cluster ages plus a bit ;)

Expansion rate of the universe = c

-> volume of universe = c*(4/3)*\pi*((c*15Gyr)**3)

-> mass = 10^{53} kg

You can get a factor of a few from varying H_0 and therefore \tau (= 1/H_0) and
you could probably get a bit from saying that we're not in am \Omega=1 universe.
That's about it....

Cheers,
Col



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