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Planck temperature
The Planck temperature Tp is the highest imaginable temperature. In degrees Kelvin it is
Explanation
For the temperature as it was 5 × 1044 seconds after the Big Bang, the formula is
where
mp Planck mass c Speed of light kB Boltzmann constant
Alternative 1
The formula for the highest possible temperature is
where
ℏ Reduced Planck constant c Speed of light G Gravitational constant kB Boltzmann constant
HistoryThe name Planck temperature is a tribute to the German physicist Max Planck (1858 - 1947). |