PPT-Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology

Islands of Stars Our goals for learning How are the lives of galaxies connected with the history of the universe What are the three major types of galaxies How are galaxies grouped together. Akrami. Modern Cosmology: Early Universe, CMB and LSS/ . Benasque. / August 17, 2012. Postdoctoral Fellow. Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics. University of Oslo, Norway. (Hans . Kristian. . Eriksen. Li Jiang-Tao. 1. Service d’Astrophysique, CEA, Saclay, France. 2. . Department. of . Astronomy. , . University. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. Outline. 1. Introduction. 2. Diffuse X-ray . observation. Fall . 2012. Cosmology 2012. Cosmology I & II. Cosmology I: . 4. .9. .-. 21.10. .. Cosmology II: . 29. .10. .. -. 16.12. .. http://theory.physics.helsinki.fi. /. ~. cosmology. Lectures in A315, Mon & Tue 14.15-16.00. Edwin Hubble. S.B. ’10, Ph.D. ‘17. Hubble . constant. Hubble law. Hubble diagram. Hubble age. Hubble classification. Hubble radius. Hubble sequence. Hubble . flow. Hubble volume. …. .. Pretty much invented observational cosmology & . Craig Sarazin. University of Virginia. M86. (. Randall et al. 2008). . Abell. 2052. (Blanton et . al. . 2011). Optical light dominated by bulge. Last star formation typically billions of years ago. Astronomy 123. Cosmology. Cosmology is the empirical study of the organization, structure and evolution of the Universe. At any given time we always think our Cosmology is correct: . Ancient: Earth is at center of Universe. The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. . –Kurt Vonnegut. Cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the nature of the universe, how the universe began and how it will end, if it does. There is religious cosmology, and scientific cosmology. The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. . –Kurt Vonnegut. Cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the nature of the universe, how the universe began and how it will end, if it does. There is religious cosmology, and scientific cosmology. The universe is a big place, perhaps the biggest. . –Kurt Vonnegut. Cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the nature of the universe, how the universe began and how it will end, if it does. There is religious cosmology, and scientific cosmology. Florida State University. YSP. Topics. Big . Bang Cosmology. The Accelerating Universe. Summary. Big . bang . cosmology. 3. In . the distant past the visible Universe was much smaller than it is today and therefore much, much hotter.. http://www.darkenergysurvey.org. . . . Outline. DES: what is it and update + probes used. Dark energy from DES.. Neutrino masses from DES. Filipe . Batoni. . Abdalla. Future Dark Energy Surveys. Modern Cosmology begins with an introduction to the smooth, homogeneous universe described by a Friedman-Robertson-Walker metric, including careful treatments of dark energy, big bang nucleosynthesis, recombination, and dark matter. From this starting point, the reader is introduced to perturbations about an FRW universe: their evolution with the Einstein-Boltzmann equations, their generation by primordial inflation, and their observational consequences. These consequences include the anisotropy spectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) featuring acoustic peaks and polarization, the matter power spectrum with baryonic wiggles, and their detection via photometric galaxy surveys, redshift distortions, cluster abundances, and weak lensing. The book concludes with a long chapter on data analysis.Modern Cosmology is the first book to explain in detail the structure of the acoustic peaks in the CMB, the E/B decomposition in polarization which may allow for detection of primordial gravity waves, and the modern analysis techniques used on increasingly large cosmological data sets. Readers will gain the tools needed to work in cosmology and learn how modern observations are rapidly revolutionizing our picture of the universe. Recent discoveries in astronomy, especially those made with data collected by satellites such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, have revolutionized the science of cosmology. These new observations offer the possibility that some long-standing mysteries in cosmology might be answered, including such fundamental questions as the ultimate fate of the universe. descriptive introduction to the physical basis for modern cosmological theory, from the big bang to a distant future dominated by dark energy. This second edition includes the latest observational results and provides the detailed background material necessary to understand their implications, with a focus on the specific model supported by these observations, the concordance model. Consistent with the book\'s title, basics concepts of physics that underlie modern theories of relativity and cosmology the importance of data and observations is stressed throughout. The book sketches the historical background of cosmology, and provides a review of special and general relativity are treated, before proceeding to an in-depth discussion of the big bang theory and physics of the early universe. The book includes current research areas, including dark matter and structure formation, dark energy, the inflationary universe, and quantum cosmology. The authors\' website (http: //www astro.virginia.edu/ jh8h/Foundations) offers a wealth of supplemental information, including discoveries This well-received textbook has been designed by a team of experts for introductory courses in astronomy and astrophysics. Starting with a detailed discussion of our Galaxy, the Milky Way, it goes on to give a general introduction to normal and active galaxies including models for their formation and evolution. The second part of the book provides an overview of cosmological models, discussing the Big Bang, dark energy and the expansion of the Universe. This second edition has been updated to reflect the latest developments and observations, while still probing the unresolved questions at the forefront of research. It contains numerous learning features such as boxed summaries, exercises with full solutions, a glossary and a supporting website hosting further teaching materials. Written in an accessible style that avoids complex mathematics, and illustrated in colour throughout, this text is suitable for self-study and will appeal to amateur astronomers as well as students.