PHYS 1750: SELECTED TOPICS in PHYSICS
LECTURE 48. Cosmology
| 32.1. | Cosmology | ||
| 1. | Arrangement of matter | ||
| 2. | The Hubble expansion | ||
| 20-22 km/sec per Mly of distance | |||
| 3. | The Big Bang | ||
| a. | No center, no edge | ||
| b. | Expansion -> cooling | ||
| c. | The cosmic background radiation | ||
| d. | Freezing out of particles and forces | ||
| e. | Nucleosynthesis in stars | ||
| 32.4. | Dark matter and exotic forces | ||
Review Questions for Lectures 47 and 48
Lecture 01: Introduction