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The Age of the Observable Universe
Published Dec 1, 1989 · W. Fowler
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
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Abstract
The inflationary model for the inhomogeneous universe predicts that the age of the universe is exactly two-thirds of the Hubble time, the inverse of the Hubble constant. In this paper the Hubble time is taken to be 17 billion years from red-shift measurements and the age of the observable universe is found to be 11 billion years using radioactive chronometers. Since 11/17=0.647 is in close accord with 2/3=0.667, the inflationary model calculations can be taken as substantially correct in this case.
The inflationary model's predictions of the universe's age being two-thirds of the Hubble time can be substantially confirmed using radioactive chronometers.
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