Abstract
In this paper, we revisit the hydrogen recombination history from a novel perspective: the evolution of chemical potentials. We derive expressions for the chemical potentials, which depend on the thermal bath temperature and the ionization degree of the universe. Our main finding reveals a constraint between the chemical potentials of hydrogen and proton at zapprox 1200 when the free electron fraction is X_eapprox 1/3. Furthermore, we present important data on the chemical potentials during recombination, highlighting the differences between the predictions of the Peebles’ and CosmoRec code solutions. Finally, we discuss a particular case related to the chemical potential of hydrogen.
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