The complete history of the Universe (abridged) The Big Bang and the Cosmic Microwave Background (With thanks to Angela Taylor)Sutton Trust Summer School 2005 Keith Grainge
The Hubble Deep Field
Optical Spectra Atoms and molecules absorb and emit at particular frequencies line spectra. Atoms and molecules absorb and emit at particular frequencies line spectra. Can learn temperature, density, and chemical composition. Can learn temperature, density, and chemical composition. Also velocity … Also velocity …
The Doppler Effect for EM radiation
Hubble, law Hubble’s Law Hubble’s Data (1929) v = H 0 d recession Hubble distance velocity constant
Expansion of the Universe (Wayne Hu’s web page: background.uchicago.edu/~whu)
Evolution of the Universe Age of Universe (Billion years) Relative size of Universe Flat Universe ‘Big Crunch’ Accelerating Universe -10 Now
Ingredients of the Universe Radiation Dark Matter Ordinary matter Dark Energy
Geometry of the Universe ‘Positively’ curved ‘Negatively’ curved Flat
The Cosmic Microwave Background The background is the left over radiation from the Big Bang. It has now cooled to a temperature of 2.7 K
The Cosmic Microwave Background Imprint in the background due to the motion of the Earth, about 1 part in 1,000 of the total intensity
The Cosmic Microwave Background The ripples in the background correspond to only about one part in 100,000 of the total intensity
Map of SkyPower Spectrum PowerPower PowerPower PowerPower 1/Angular Size
GROUND BASED INSTRUMENTS … INSTRUMENTS …
FLYING FROM BALLOONS …
PLANCK WMAP – flying now SATELLITE MISSIONS
The Very Small Array
Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife
VSA RESULTS – Jan 2004
VSA Power Spectrum
WMAP Power Spectrum (Power) (1/Angle on sky)
The Age of the Universe … 13.7 Billion Years
Geometry of the Universe … FLAT
Ingredients of the Universe …
The local Universe - Galaxies Spiral Galaxy M63 If this were our Galaxy, our Sun would be located about here
The Universe on the Largest Scale - the Cambridge APM survey Over 2 million galaxies in direction of the South Galactic pole. The map covers about one tenth of the sky
Structure Formation (Simulation and movie courtesy of Andrey Kravtsov)
Interacting Galaxies
HST image of colliding galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039
Summary After the Big Bang the Universe was hot and smooth. As it expanded it cooled. The CMB is a picture of the Universe when it was only 300,000 years old. Under the influence of gravity structure has formed.