the universe: w here does it end?
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The Universe: w here does it end?. Chris North Cardiff University. The speed of light. c = 299,792,458 m/s or 670,616,629 miles per hour or 2 million million furlongs per fortnight or ~300,000 km/s That’s fast, but how fast?. 0.13 seconds. 3 milliseconds. 0.1 microseconds. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Universe: where does it end?
Chris NorthCardiff University
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The speed of light
c = 299,792,458 m/sor 670,616,629 miles per houror 2 million million furlongs per fortnightor ~300,000 km/s
That’s fast, but how fast?
0.13 seconds 0.1 microseconds 1 nanosecond3 milliseconds
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Light travels…
…to the Moon in 1.3 seconds
Light travel time
…to the Sun in 8.3 minutes…across the Solar System in 8.3 hours
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Light travels…
Light travel time
…across the Solar System in 8.3 hours…to the nearest star in 4.24 years…to the centre of the Galaxy in 30,000 years…to the Andromeda Galaxy in 2.5 million years
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Light travel time
Light travels…
…to the Andromeda Galaxy in 2.5 million years…to the Fornax Cluster in 65 million years…to a nearby “quasar” in 2 billion years…to most distant galaxies in 13 billion years
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Expanding Universe
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Hubble’s LawFornax Cluster 3C 273 Distant Galaxy
65 million years 2 billion years 13.4 billion years1400 km/s 54,000 km/s 690,000 km/s
0.005 c 0.18 c 2.2 c
1.004 x 1.158 x 12 x
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The Expanding Universe
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The Expanding Universe
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The Expanding Universe
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Steady State vs Big Bang
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The nail in the coffin
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Fate of the UniverseS
ize
Time
Critical Density: 6 hydrogen atoms per cubic metre
Low density
High density
Critical density
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Universal composition (1800)
Density: 0.025 hydrogen atoms per cubic metre(0.004 x critical density)
Stars
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Universal composition (1950)
Gas
Dust
NeutrinosStars
Density: 0.25 hydrogen atoms per cubic metre(0.04 x critical density)
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Universal composition (1960)Gas
DustNeutrinos
Stars
Dark Matter
Density: 1.33 Hydrogen atoms per cubic metre(0.2 x critical density)
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Cosmic Microwave Background
1965199220012013
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Universal composition (now)Dark Mat-
ter
GasNeutrinos
StarsDark Energy
Density: 6 hydrogen atoms per cubic metre(1.00 x critical density)
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Geometry of Space
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The Geometry of Space
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The Horizon Problem
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The Horizon Problem
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Inflation: the solution
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Fate of the UniverseS
ize
Time
Low density
High density
Critical density
Observed
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Remaining questions
What is dark
energy?
What is dark
matter?
What is inflation?
What caused the Big Bang?