How loud was the Big Bang?

[Ethan Block]

Not to go too far down the literal rabbit hole, there was no matter shortly after the Big Bang, so I'm not sure you could consider it a sound. I'm also not sure what "sound" means on the context of plasma, so really, the first opportunity for literal sound may be recombination around 300,000 years out (I suppose that is what you were mentioning in the original post). So far as pitch goes, it would be affected by cosmic inflation the same way light does (gets lower with time and distance).

Interesting to think about.

 

[James Collins]

There are two flavors of the parallel universe thought line. If you follow the multiverse approach, yes you can do that but there is not a shred of evidence to support the multiverse approach except wishful thinking and Schrodingers GedankPhysik. If you follow the multiple quantum states approach,you are not able to observe parallel universes directly although there is speculation that information can be inferred.

Topic is out of my league.

Is the multiverse approach you refer to the idea that multiple universes occur whenever a quantum probability occurs (my diction may be wrong there)? If that is the case, they are not parallel universe since they intersect at the diversion point and overlap in the space time earlier than the diversion.

 

[James Collins]

Not to go too far down the literal rabbit hole, there was no matter shortly after the Big Bang, so I'm not sure you could consider it a sound. I'm also not sure what "sound" means on the context of plasma, so really, the first opportunity for literal sound may be recombination around 300,000 years out (I suppose that is what you were mentioning in the original post). So far as pitch goes, it would be affected by cosmic inflation the same way light does (gets lower with time and distance).

Interesting to think about.

Plasma is matter and didn't exist immediately following the big bang. Just food for thought.

 

[Quinn Roberts]

At the time of the big band, there was no such thing as sound.

I believe you may be mistaken! There was some vast, beautiful sounds!

 

[Ethan Block]

Plasma is matter and didn't exist immediately following the big bang. Just food for thought.

I said matter didn't exist directly after the Big Bang (it was quark gluon plasma)
Plasma (with proton and neutrons) existed after that until recombination. I admit my wording was a little confusing.

 

[JRA]

for me: it was loud enough to wake her parents.

 

[IamGroot]

Is the multiverse approach you refer to the idea that multiple universes occur whenever a quantum probability occurs (my diction may be wrong there)? If that is the case, they are not parallel universe since they intersect at the diversion point and overlap in the space time earlier than the diversion.

My very limited knowledge is the multiverse and the multiple quantum parallel state model are totally different.

 

[basspraiser]

Easy.. Not loud at all.. It didn't happen
I'm out.. No I won't be returning to discuss..dufuse or argue... So...

 

[mobdirt]

What about Persis Chambatta and Stephen Collins at the end of the first Star Trek movie?

Khambatta"

 

[mobdirt]

50 octaves lower than a guitar? If you want to hear it, you have to stand 3 light years away just for the wave to develop.

theoretically theres no limit to how low a note can go, a wave form could span the entire universe
theoretically being the key word

 

[mobdirt]

Anybody knows the rig of their bass player?

phil jones flightcase


..

 

[Michedelic]

Khambatta"

Spellcheck strikes again, and I didn't catch it.

 

[JeezyMcNuggles]

A physics video that says among other things:

- The sound of the Big Bang was 50 octaves below a guitar string

- Manowar are louder than the Big Bang

- The sound of the Big Bang couldn't be heard until over 300,000 years after it happened.

So....you're saying in around 200,000 years, people will be listening to Manowar?

 

[BurtMacklinFBI]

It doesn't matter, most of the Big Bang's frequencies are too low for the ear to hear or just got lost in the mix. The universe should have run it through a HPF and turned up the mids.

 

[Bodeanly]

I missed the first one, but hope to catch it when it comes back to the states.

 

[BioDriver]

Don't know, couldn't hear it over the laugh track.

 

[elgranluis]

My first thought was : no air=no airwaves = no sound

My second thought was : what cab did they use to go 50 octaves below open E ? Peavey drivers ? What gauge strings ?

 

[Jeff Scott]

How loud was the Big Bang?

My hearing has not yet recovered from it.

 

[Nickweissmusic]

A physics video that says among other things:

- The sound of the Big Bang was 50 octaves below a guitar string

- Manowar are louder than the Big Bang

- The sound of the Big Bang couldn't be heard until over 300,000 years after it happened.

I recall (not from personal experience, but from Neil Degrasse Tyson) the universe was so dense it was opaque for 300,000 years or so. That doesn't mean there wasn't vibration. Physical vibration is all sound is, so the question of "if a tree falls in the forest" is a rather silly one if you don't consider a human cochlea and brain to be the center of the universe. I assume the "Big Bang couldn't be heard for 300,000 years" part is the assumption that since the Universe was so dense, there was no space for sound to move around. On the contrary, space is not necessary to carry vibration, in fact it won't carry any, you need some form of media, ours is air (specifically the molecules contained therein). And air isn't even the best medium, just ask your local whale a few miles away. While you're at it, you might as well ask, but I can guarantee they're going to chuckle at the sophomoric content of Manowar's lyrics.

 

[Joebone]

A physics video that says among other things:

- The sound of the Big Bang was 50 octaves below a guitar string

- Manowar are louder than the Big Bang

- The sound of the Big Bang couldn't be heard until over 300,000 years after it happened.

If you have to ask, then you'll never know...