Author Question: Which of the following statements best explains what we mean when we say that the electroweak and ... (Read 16 times)

bobbie · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

Which of the following statements best explains what we mean when we say that the electroweak and strong forces froze out at 10-38 second after the Big Bang?

A) These two forces first became distinct at this time.
B) These forces are important only at temperatures below the freezing point of watera temperature that the universe reached at an age of about at 10-38 second.
C) Freezing out was a term coined by particle physicists who think that the Big Bang theory is really cool.
D) Following this time, neither the strong nor electroweak forces were ever important in the universe again.

Question 2

Which force is strongest beyond an atomic nucleus?

A) strong
B) weak
C) electromagnetic
D) gravity
E) They are all equal.