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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

 


History

The name Planck temperature is a tribute to the German physicist Max Planck (1858 - 1947).


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