Catherine Cress - CHPC Conference
... 1. Instrument simulations for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope 2. N-body simulations for galaxy evolution and cosmology studies 3. Statistical techniques for experimental “forecasting” eg MCMC ...
... 1. Instrument simulations for the Atacama Cosmology Telescope 2. N-body simulations for galaxy evolution and cosmology studies 3. Statistical techniques for experimental “forecasting” eg MCMC ...
Outline - Picnic Point High School
... As part of this ongoing process the Sun and the Solar System were formed over 4x109 years ago from a gas cloud which resulted from a supernova explosion. The condensing gas and dust that formed the Sun and the planets contained all its original elements. The planets were formed when matter came toge ...
... As part of this ongoing process the Sun and the Solar System were formed over 4x109 years ago from a gas cloud which resulted from a supernova explosion. The condensing gas and dust that formed the Sun and the planets contained all its original elements. The planets were formed when matter came toge ...
How big is the Universe? - Contemporary Science Issues
... • The Greeks and religions thought the universe was static, its size was constant. • Is this possible? • Gravity would cause the universe to collapse in on itself! • Do we see this happening? • The only solution to this was for the galaxies to be moving away from each other. The universe was expandi ...
... • The Greeks and religions thought the universe was static, its size was constant. • Is this possible? • Gravity would cause the universe to collapse in on itself! • Do we see this happening? • The only solution to this was for the galaxies to be moving away from each other. The universe was expandi ...
Watching Galaxies Form Near the Beginning of Time
... lookback time to a given redshift • Distance has multiple definitions in an expanding Universe ...
... lookback time to a given redshift • Distance has multiple definitions in an expanding Universe ...
This document was created for people who do not have access to
... telescopic observations, but are not represent actual photographs. We begin at the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) orbiting one million miles above the Earth, and travel outward through our solar system, into our local stellar neighborhood, and then around the disk of our Milky Way galax ...
... telescopic observations, but are not represent actual photographs. We begin at the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) orbiting one million miles above the Earth, and travel outward through our solar system, into our local stellar neighborhood, and then around the disk of our Milky Way galax ...
Document
... All of this leads to the standard so called concordance cosmology, or “ΛCDM” (Lambda stands for vacuum energy and ‘CDM’ is “cold dark matter”). • The universe started from a very dense state 13.7 Billion years ago and has expanded ever since • In the very beginning the expansion was enormous (inflat ...
... All of this leads to the standard so called concordance cosmology, or “ΛCDM” (Lambda stands for vacuum energy and ‘CDM’ is “cold dark matter”). • The universe started from a very dense state 13.7 Billion years ago and has expanded ever since • In the very beginning the expansion was enormous (inflat ...
Astrophysics * Glossary - Uplift Summit International
... In 1960 it was proposed that sometime during the early history of the Universe it was at a sufficiently high temperature to produce helium by fusion. In this process many high energy photons would be produced. The CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation) radiation was emitted only a few hundred t ...
... In 1960 it was proposed that sometime during the early history of the Universe it was at a sufficiently high temperature to produce helium by fusion. In this process many high energy photons would be produced. The CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation) radiation was emitted only a few hundred t ...
The Early Universe and the Big Bang
... Regions which are now very far apart and no longer in causal contact were in causal contact before inflation Inflation pushed these regions really far apart, so now they are no longer in causal contact ...
... Regions which are now very far apart and no longer in causal contact were in causal contact before inflation Inflation pushed these regions really far apart, so now they are no longer in causal contact ...
Power Point Presentation
... Static galaxies (not moving) Turbulent galaxies (random motion) Rotating galaxies (like the planets around the Sun) Uniformly contracting galaxies ...
... Static galaxies (not moving) Turbulent galaxies (random motion) Rotating galaxies (like the planets around the Sun) Uniformly contracting galaxies ...
0708 - Astronomy
... Can we trace the expansion back to the point where it began? that “point” is now the whole balloon/whole Universe... so no. ...
... Can we trace the expansion back to the point where it began? that “point” is now the whole balloon/whole Universe... so no. ...
Course Content Form - Pima Community College
... Due to the unique Tucson location and the wide variety of student backgrounds, AST 102LB offers students many options in terms of lab experience. These options include self-initiated field trips, personal observational projects, in-class collaborative laboratory activities, and individualized labora ...
... Due to the unique Tucson location and the wide variety of student backgrounds, AST 102LB offers students many options in terms of lab experience. These options include self-initiated field trips, personal observational projects, in-class collaborative laboratory activities, and individualized labora ...
natsci9+
... Life demands the presence of elements, heavier than hydrogen. The production of heavy elements demands thermonuclear combustion. Thermonuclear combustion normally requires several 109 years of cookin time in a star. Several 109 years of time will not and cannot be available in a closed universe, acc ...
... Life demands the presence of elements, heavier than hydrogen. The production of heavy elements demands thermonuclear combustion. Thermonuclear combustion normally requires several 109 years of cookin time in a star. Several 109 years of time will not and cannot be available in a closed universe, acc ...
Gresham Lecture, Wednesday 15 December 2010 Unsolved
... apparent "asymmetry", or difference, between matter and antimatter to explain why there arose this tiny excess of matter over antimatter. Today, antimatter is created primarily by cosmic rays - extraterrestrial high-energy particles that form new particles as they penetrate the earth's atmosphere. I ...
... apparent "asymmetry", or difference, between matter and antimatter to explain why there arose this tiny excess of matter over antimatter. Today, antimatter is created primarily by cosmic rays - extraterrestrial high-energy particles that form new particles as they penetrate the earth's atmosphere. I ...
- ORIGINS Space Telescope
... Origins Space Telescope: Cosmology and Reionization Joaquin Vieira (University of Illinois) for the Origins Space Telescope Science and Technology Definition Team ABSTRACT — The Origins Space Telescope (OST) is the mission concept for the Far-Infrared Surveyor, a study in development by NASA in prep ...
... Origins Space Telescope: Cosmology and Reionization Joaquin Vieira (University of Illinois) for the Origins Space Telescope Science and Technology Definition Team ABSTRACT — The Origins Space Telescope (OST) is the mission concept for the Far-Infrared Surveyor, a study in development by NASA in prep ...
DTU_9e_ch18 - University of San Diego Home Pages
... low to ionize hydrogen, neutral atoms came into existence. ...
... low to ionize hydrogen, neutral atoms came into existence. ...
E-ELT - Science and Technology Facilities Council
... • explore the nature and distribution of dark matter and dark energy, thought to make up most of our Universe, but as yet not directly observed or understood • measure changes in the expansion rate of the Universe, without the need to make assumptions such as a standard luminosity for distant supern ...
... • explore the nature and distribution of dark matter and dark energy, thought to make up most of our Universe, but as yet not directly observed or understood • measure changes in the expansion rate of the Universe, without the need to make assumptions such as a standard luminosity for distant supern ...
Search For Dark Matters Essay Research Paper
... Einstein introduced the world to his theory of general relativity, scientists are seeing that he was right all along about measuring what we now call dark matter. Astronomers supported by the National Science Foundation have found the first evidence of an effect called cosmological shear, a phenomen ...
... Einstein introduced the world to his theory of general relativity, scientists are seeing that he was right all along about measuring what we now call dark matter. Astronomers supported by the National Science Foundation have found the first evidence of an effect called cosmological shear, a phenomen ...
Lecture6
... was filled with an absorbing medium, like fog However, if light is absorbed it will also re-radiate, producing light albeit at different wavelengths, so this doesn’t work! ...
... was filled with an absorbing medium, like fog However, if light is absorbed it will also re-radiate, producing light albeit at different wavelengths, so this doesn’t work! ...
Astro-2: History of the Universe
... was filled with an absorbing medium, like fog However, if light is absorbed it will also re-radiate, producing light albeit at different wavelengths, so this doesn’t work! ...
... was filled with an absorbing medium, like fog However, if light is absorbed it will also re-radiate, producing light albeit at different wavelengths, so this doesn’t work! ...
Competitive advantage
... What are the sources of reioniza0on? When did reioniza0on begin and end? How did the ionizing sources evolve across space and cosmic 0me? ...
... What are the sources of reioniza0on? When did reioniza0on begin and end? How did the ionizing sources evolve across space and cosmic 0me? ...
PPT - Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy
... •In the intervening time, the universe has expanded, but this original energy can be seen in the cosmic microwave background. ...
... •In the intervening time, the universe has expanded, but this original energy can be seen in the cosmic microwave background. ...
Measuring the Masses of Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
... low-mass stars live a long time; they may be young or old ...
... low-mass stars live a long time; they may be young or old ...
Convened at 8:30 for snacks and check
... By probing for weak lensing - how is the apparent shape of galaxies altered by intervening materials? 2. Another strength will be looking for near-Earth objects, as well as more distant objects in our solar system - will find 90% of potentially hazardous asteroids down to 140 m in 10 years of operat ...
... By probing for weak lensing - how is the apparent shape of galaxies altered by intervening materials? 2. Another strength will be looking for near-Earth objects, as well as more distant objects in our solar system - will find 90% of potentially hazardous asteroids down to 140 m in 10 years of operat ...