Momentum and energy transfer between plasma, hydrogen, and radiation during the recombination era of the universe

DOI10.1007/BF00643616zbMath0663.76150MaRDI QIDQ1115319

S. H. Smith

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

plasma; Universe; hydrodynamical equilibrium; neutral hydrogen; photo- recombination; photo-ionization; recombination era; Thomson scattering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

83C55: Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.)

76Y05: Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics