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Here’s one version of the cosmic sound: in this case the first
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million years, compressed to 5 seconds, shifted up by 50
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octaves,
and played at constant volume:
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Click on the speaker icon to play.
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These are .wav files
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Note
three stages: descending scream; deep
roar; growing hiss.
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What do these stages mean, and how can we possibly know this?
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Observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
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Detailed computer
simulations of the
early Universe
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Let’s
begin, then, with this Microwave Background……..
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