Recombination Softening and Reheating of the Cosmic Plasma
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The atomic recombination process leads to a softening of the matter equation of state as reflected by a reduced generalized adiabatic index, with accompanying heat release. We study the effects of this recombination softening and reheating of the cosmic plasma on the ionization history, visibility function, Cold Dark Matter (CDM) transfer function, and the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) spectra. The resulting modifications of the CMB spectra are not negligible and should be implemented when data with higher accuracy are analysed.
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