Expanding Space. In an infinite Universe… Size Age Every line of sight would end on a star. Every star would be observable. The night sky would be very.

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Expanding Space

In an infinite Universe… Size Age Every line of sight would end on a star. Every star would be observable. The night sky would be very bright. It would be pretty hot too… Olber’s Paradox:

General relativity predicts that the Universe must be either expanding or contracting. Einstein thinks it should be static. Introduces the cosmological constant to keep it static. Friedmann determines that it still must be dynamic. Einstein realizes that he is right, and calls the cosmological constant “The greatest mistake of my life” Setting the stage:

Meanwhile: Vesto Slipher at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona measures the red shift of spiral “Nebulae” The redshift is the Doppler effect 36 of 40 spiral nebulae are red shifted

Redshift: If v << c: Δλ ≈ v λ c Example - A 486 nm line comes in at 495 nm from a distant galaxy. What is its recession velocity?

What is the change in wavelength of the 656 nm line of a galaxy receding at 20,000 km/s? What is the new wavelength? 20000E3/3E8*656 = nm = nm 44 nm, 700 nm

What is the recession rate of a galaxy whose 656 nm line comes in at 691 nm? ( )/656*3E5 = 16,000 km/s 16,000 km/s

Edwin Hubble uses the 100 inch telescope on Mt Wilson to look at “spiral nebulae”. He can pick out individual stars He finds Cepheids (I.e. the galaxies are made of stars!!!) He calculates the distance to and recession velocity of many galaxies. There is a relationship Meanwhile:

Hubble’s Law: v = Hd H = 50 km/s / Mpc Or… H = 70 km/s / Mpc Mpc = Mega parsecs The greater the distance, the greater the recession velocity.

What is the recession rate of a galaxy that is 26 Mpc away? (Use H = 50 km/s / Mpc ) 1300 km/s 26 Mpc*( 50 km/s / Mpc ) = 1300 km/s

What is the distance to a point where the recession velocity is half the speed of light? (c = 3E5 km/s) (Hint: What is the recession velocity if you can no longer see it?) (Use H = 50 km/s / Mpc ) 1.5E5km/s / ( 50 km/s / Mpc ) = 3000 Mpc 3000 Mpc

What is the distance to a galaxy that has a 480 nm line that comes in at 497 nm? (Use H = 50 km/s / Mpc ) 210 Mpc ( )/480*3E5 = km/s km/s /( 50 km/s / Mpc ) = Mpc

So what does it mean that every galaxy is moving away from us? The universe is expanding (demo - rubber band) Is our position in the universe unique?

Before An expanding universe: After

An expanding universe: