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COSMOLOGY SL - summary
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STRUCTURES Structure Solar system Galaxy Local group Cluster Super-cluster Cosmological principle Homogeneity – no edge Isotropy – no center
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OLBERS’PARADOX Newton’s static universe (1700) The universe is infinite, has no beginning, no end. Problem: Why is the night sky dark? Finite, expanding universe 1. Finite number of stars with finite lifetime 2. Finite age of universe: light has not reached us 3. Radiation is red-shifted; i.e. has less energy
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THE BIG BANG 1 Hubble red-shift: galaxies now move away from each other, so in the past they were closer together. 1964 Penzias-Wilson: cosmic microwave background (CMB), radiation black body spectrum: remnant of the hot explosion at the beginning of time. Present value 2.7 K
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THE BIG BANG 2 Standard Big Bang model Creation of space and time About 13.7 billion years ago Theoretical prediction: 25% helium
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE Three scenarios: 1. Closed: the universe increases to a maximum value and collapses again; density of universe > critical density 2. Flat: the universe expands but the rate of expansion decreases; density of universe = critical density (≈10 -26 kg.m -3 ) 3. Open: the universe expands forever; density of universe < critical density
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MASS-ENERGY IN THE UNIVERSE Normal matter (4%) Dark matter: matter we can not see (23%) Unknown neutrino mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPS) Massive Compact Halo Objects (MACHOS) Distant supernovas move away from us at increasing speeds. This is caused by dark energy (73%) = all permeating vacuum energy, producing a repulsive force which causes an accelerated expansion
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