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