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What if there was no baryon-antibaryon asymmetry in our universe?

We know that the universe goes through different evolutionary phases: radiation, matter and later dark energy epoch. What would happen if there was no baryon-antibaryon asymmetry? How would the ...
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Intuition for why matter dominated expansion is faster than radiation domination?

In a matter dominated universe $a_{\rm mat.}(t)\sim t^{2/3}$, while in a radiation dominated universe, $a(t)_{\rm rad.}\sim t^{1/2}$. Therefore, a matter dominated universe is expanding more quickly, ...
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