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Modern Cosmology Chapter 18

Since Chapter 1 you have been on an outward journey through the universe. Now you have reached the limit of your travels in space and time and can study the universe as a whole. The ideas in this chapter are among the biggest and most difficult in all of science. Can you imagine a limitless universe, or the first instant of time? As you explore cosmology, you will find answers to three essential questions: Does the universe have an edge and a center? How do you know that the universe began with a big bang? How has the universe evolved, and what will be its fate? Guidepost

Once you have finished this chapter, you will have a modern insight into the nature of the universe, as well as where you are and what you are. After that, with an understanding of the big picture, it will be time to focus back on how your local neighborhood, the solar system, fits in – the subject of the rest of this book. Guidepost (continued)

I. Introduction to the Universe A. The Edge-Center Problem B. The Idea of a Beginning C. Cosmic Expansion II. The Big Bang Theory A. Necessity of the Big Bang B. The Cosmic Background Radiation C. Photon and Particle Soup D. A Few Minutes of Nucleosynthesis E. Radiation and Matter, Recombination and Reionization Outline

III. Space, Time, Matter and Energy A. Looking at the Universe B. The Cosmic Redshift C. Model Universes D. Dark Matter in Cosmology IV. 21st-Century Cosmology A. Inflation B. The Acceleration of the Universe C. Dark Energy and Acceleration D. The Age and Fate of the Universe E. Curvature of the Universe Outline (continued)

Riddles of Cosmology The vastness of space and time that we call the Universe still poses many unresolved mysteries. Be prepared to encounter some of the strangest concepts that modern science knows (or doesn’t really know …).

Olbers’ Paradox Why is the sky dark at night? If the universe is infinite, then every line of sight should end on the surface of a star at some point. The night sky should be as bright as the surface of stars! The fact that it is dark at night anyway, is called Olbers’ Paradox. Solution to Olbers Paradox: If the universe had a beginning, then we can only see light from galaxies that has had time to travel to us since the beginning of the universe. → The visible universe is finite!

Hubble’s Law Distant galaxies are flying away (= receding) from us with a speed proportional to distance. Distance (Mpc) Recession Velocity (km/s)

The Expanding Universe On large scales, galaxies are moving apart, with velocity proportional to distance. It’s not galaxies moving through space. Space is expanding, carrying the galaxies along! The galaxies themselves are not expanding!

Expanding Space Analogy: A loaf of raisin bread where the dough is rising and expanding, taking the raisins with it.

The Expanding Universe (2) You have the same impression from any other galaxy as well: This does not mean that we are at the center of the universe!

The Necessity of a Big Bang If galaxies are moving away from each other with a speed proportional to distance, there must have been a beginning, when everything was concentrated in one single point: The Big Bang! ? Time

The Age of the Universe Knowing the current rate of expansion of the universe, we can estimate the time it took for galaxies to move as far apart as they are today: T ≈ d/v = 1/H ~ 14 billion years Time = distance / velocity velocity = (Hubble constant) * distance The most distant galaxies known are seen as they were only about 1 billion years after the Big Bang.

Looking Back Towards the Early Universe The more distant the objects we observe, the further back into the past of the universe we are looking. Distance ~ Time

The Cosmic Background Radiation The radiation from the very early phase of the universe should still be detectable today. Was, in fact, discovered in mid-1960s as the Cosmic Microwave Background: Blackbody radiation with a temperature of T = 2.73 K

The Cosmic Background Radiation The Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) satellite mapped the all-sky structure of the Cosmic Background Radiation.

The History of the Universe Universe expands as time passes Universe cools down as time passes

Electron Positron Gamma-ray photon Electrons, positrons, and gamma-rays in equilibrium between pair production and annihilation The Early History of the Universe

The Early History of the Universe (2) Protons and neutrons form a few helium nuclei; the rest of protons remain as hydrogen nuclei  Almost no elements heavier than helium are produced. 25% of mass in helium 75% in hydrogen No stable nuclei with 5 – 8 protons

The Early History of the Universe (3) Photons are incessantly scattered by free electrons; photons are in equilibrium with matter Radiation dominated era Photons have a blackbody spectrum at the same temperature as matter.

Recombination Protons and electrons recombine to form atoms => universe becomes transparent for photons Transition to matter dominated era z ≈1000

The Cosmic Background Radiation (2) After recombination, photons can travel freely through space. Their wavelength is only stretched (red shifted) by cosmic expansion. Recombination: z = 1000; T = 3000 K This is what we can observe today as the cosmic background radiation!

Reionization After less than ~ 1 billion years, the first stars form. Formation of the first stars Ultraviolet radiation from the first stars re-ionizes gas in the early universe. Reionization  universe becomes opaque again

The Cosmological Principle Considering the largest scales in the universe, we make the following fundamental assumptions: 1) Homogeneity: On the largest scales, the local universe has the same physical properties throughout the universe. Every region has the same physical properties (mass density, expansion rate, visible vs. dark matter, etc.) 2) Isotropy: On the largest scales, the local universe looks the same in any direction that one observes. You should see the same large- scale structure in any direction. 3) Universality: The laws of physics are the same everywhere in the universe.

Deceleration of the Universe (?) The fate of the universe depends on the matter density in the universe. Expansion of the universe should be slowed down by mutual gravitational attraction of the galaxies. Define “critical density”,  c, which is just enough to slow the cosmic expansion to a halt at infinity.

Model Universes Size scale of the Universe  universe will expand forever  >  c => Universe will collapse back If the density of matter equaled the critical density, then the expansion of the universe would come to a halt at an infinite time in the future, but it would never re-collapse. Maximum age of the universe: ~ 1/H 0

Dark Matter Combined mass of all “visible” matter (i.e. emitting any kind of radiation) in the universe adds up to much less than the critical density. Gravitational lensing shows that some clusters contain 10 times as much mass as is directly visible.

The Nature of Dark Matter Can dark matter be composed of normal matter? If so, then its mass would mostly come from protons and neutrons = baryons The density of baryons right after the big bang leaves a unique imprint in the abundances of deuterium and lithium. Density of baryonic matter is only ~ 4 % of critical density. Most dark matter must be non-baryonic!

Problems with the Classical, Decelerating Universe 1)The flatness problem: Even a tiny deviation from perfect flatness at the time of the big bang should have been amplified to a huge deviation today. => Extreme fine tuning required! 2) The isotropy of the cosmic background: If information can only travel through the universe at the speed of light, then structure in the cosmic background should not be correlated over large angular scales! The universe seems to be nearly flat (i.e., all contributions from visible and dark matter [and other stuff …?!?] add up to the critical density).  Contradiction to almost perfect isotropy of the cosmic background!

21 st Century Cosmology The solution: Inflation! Inflation: period of sudden expansion during the very early evolution of the universe. Triggered by the sudden energy release from the decoupling of the strong and electroweak forces

Measuring the Deceleration of the Universe By observing type Ia supernovae, astronomers can measure the Hubble relation at large distances. Distance  recession speed Size scale of the universe  rate of expansion It was expected that this would measure the deceleration of the universe, but …

The Accelerating Universe Redshift z Apparent Magnitude of Type Ia Supernovae In fact, SN Ia measurements showed that the universe is accelerating!

Confirmation of the Acceleration Observations of very distant (very high redshifts) Type Ia supernovae confirm the acceleration of the universe.

The Cosmological Constant Cosmic acceleration can be explained with the “Cosmological Constant”,  (upper-case lambda)  is a free parameter in Einstein’s fundamental equation of general relativity; previously believed to be 0. Energy corresponding to  can account for the missing mass/energy (E = m*c 2 ) needed to produce a flat space-time.  “Dark Energy”

The Fate of the Universe Due to the effect of Dark Energy, the Universe will keep expanding faster and faster … We don’t know the nature of Dark Energy, and we don’t know how it will evolve in the future. The Universe may keep expanding in a regular manner, or be disrupted in a “big rip”.

Large Scale Structure Distribution of bright galaxies in the Virgo region reveals the Virgo cluster and the presence of more distant, larger scale structure.

Large Scale Structure (2) A large survey of distant galaxies shows the largest structures in the universe: Filaments and walls of galaxy superclusters, and voids, basically empty space.

The Growth of Structures Structures in the Universe could have developed in two fundamentally different ways: a) Small structures (galaxies) could have developed first, then clustering into larger and larger structures. b) The largest structures (superclusters, voids) could have developed first, then breaking up into smaller and smaller units. The latter scenario seems to be favored by observational evidence.

Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background If the universe was perfectly homogeneous on all scales at the time of reionization (z = 1000), then the CMB should be perfectly isotropic over the sky. Instead, it shows small-scale fluctuations:

Fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background The angular size of the CMB fluctuations allows us to probe the geometry of space-time! CMB fluctuations have a characteristic size of 1 degree.

Analysis of the Cosmic Background Fluctuations  Universe has a flat geometry Analyze frequency of occurrence of fluctuations on a particular angular scale.

The Contents of the Universe We only “see” about 4 % of all the mass and energy in the Universe! The nature of about 96 % of our Universe is yet mysterious and unknown!