The Birth Of Our Universe The Big Bang And Inflation

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The Birth Of Our Universe The Big Bang And Inflation

What were conditions like in the early universe?

The universe must have been much hotter and denser early in time. Estimating the Age of the Universe

The early universe must have been extremely hot and dense.

Photons converted into particle–antiparticle pairs and vice versa. E = mc2 The early universe was full of particles and radiation because of its high temperature.

What is the history of the universe according to the Big Bang theory?

Primary Evidence for the Big Bang We have detected the leftover radiation from the Big Bang. The Big Bang theory correctly predicts the abundance of helium and other light elements in the universe. The Hubble Expansion Law (we discussed this previously).

How do we observe the radiation left over from the Big Bang?

The cosmic microwave background— the radiation left over from the Big Bang— was detected by Penzias and Wilson in 1965.

Background radiation from the Big Bang has been freely streaming across the universe since atoms H formed at temperature ~3000 K: visible/IR.

Background has perfect thermal radiation spectrum at temperature 2 Background has perfect thermal radiation spectrum at temperature 2.73 K. Big Bang photons had a blackbody temperature of 3000K at decoupling. The expansion of the universe has redshifted thermal radiation from that time to ~1000 times longer wavelength: microwaves.

Full Sky in All Wavelengths

The WMAP satellite gives us detailed baby pictures of structure in the universe.

How do the abundances of elements support the Big Bang theory?

Protons and neutrons combined to make long-lasting helium nuclei when the universe was ~5 minutes old.

Big Bang theory prediction: 75% H, 25% He (by mass) Matches observations of nearly primordial gases

Abundances of other light elements agree with Big Bang model having 4 Abundances of other light elements agree with Big Bang model having 4.4% normal matter—more evidence for WIMPS!

Thought Question Which of these abundance patterns is an unrealistic chemical composition for a star? A. 70% H, 28% He, 2% other B. 95% H, 5% He, less than 0.02% other C. 75% H, 25% He, less than 0.02% other D. 72% H, 27% He, 1% other

What aspects of the universe were originally unexplained by the Big Bang model?

Mysteries Needing Explanation Where does structure come from? Why is the overall distribution of matter so uniform? Why is the density of the universe so close to the critical density?

Mysteries Needing Explanation Where does structure come from? Why is the overall distribution of matter so uniform? Why is the density of the universe so close to the critical density? An early episode of rapid inflation can solve all three mysteries!

How does inflation explain these features of the universe?

Inflation can make structure by stretching tiny quantum ripples to enormous sizes. These ripples in density then become the seeds for all structure in the universe.

How can microwave temperature be nearly identical on opposite sides of the sky?

Regions now on opposite sides of the sky were close together before inflation pushed them far apart.

The overall geometry of the universe is closely related to total density of matter and energy. Density = Critical Expand forever Density > Critical Will eventually stop expanding and collapse ‘big crunch’ Density < Critical Will expand forever

The inflation of the universe flattens the overall geometry like the inflation of a balloon, causing overall density of matter plus energy to be very close to critical density.

Patterns of structure observed by WMAP show us the “seeds” of the universe.

Observed patterns of structure in the universe agree (so far) with the “seeds” that inflation would produce.

“Seeds” Inferred from CMB Overall geometry is flat Total mass + energy has critical density Ordinary matter ~4.6% of total Total matter is ~28% of total Dark matter is ~23% of total Dark energy is ~72% of total Age of 13.7 billion years In excellent agreement with observations of present-day universe and models involving inflation and WIMPs! Recall when we discussed dark matter in galaxy clusters and in individual galaxies … we found a similar result for dark matter.

Why is the darkness of the night sky evidence for the Big Bang?

Olbers’ Paradox infinite unchanging everywhere the same If the universe were then stars would cover the night sky.

As we look out in space, we can look back to a time when there were no stars. Solution to Olbers’ paradox is the universe has a finite AGE.