Cosmology Lecture 10 The early universe
Our benchmark universe ( CDM) H 0 = 72 km s -1 Mpc -1 0 = 1 - spatially flat = 0.73 m = 0.27 m,baryon = 0.04 m,cold-dark-matter = 0.23 r = Age of universe = 13.7 Gyr What is dark matter? What is dark energy? Does model hold in very young universe? How does structure form?
Matter dominated
Quantum fluctuations Galaxy clusters Inflation
Old horizon New horizon Inflation and the horizon problem Thermal equilibrium Out of causal contact
Inflation
Inflation and the flatness problem
Log time |1- | Pre-inflation inflation now Distant future
Phase transitions
Big bang nucleosynthesis