Title: f Don Lincoln, Fermilab f
1When the Universe Was Young and Hot
Don LincolnFermilabf
2Hubble Telescope
- This image is taken of galaxies that are billions
of light-years away. Light takes a very long
time to travel to Earth. - Consequently, this photograph is of the
conditions that existed billions of years ago,
just a billion years or so after the big bang. - Astronomers have thus created a time machine
of sorts.
3Ancient Greek Cosmology
- In the beginning there was an empty darkness. The
only thing in this void was Nyx (Chaos), a bird
with black wings. With the wind she laid a golden
egg and for ages she sat upon this egg. Finally
life began to stir in the egg and out of it rose
Eros, the god of love. One half of the shell rose
into the air and became the sky and the other
became the Earth. Eros named the sky Uranus and
the Earth he named Gaia. Then Eros made them fall
in love.
4Familiar Cosmology
- In the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth. - And the earth was without form, and void and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the
Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
5Modern Cosmology
- Approximately 15 billion years ago, all of the
matter in the universe was concentrated at a
single point - A cataclysmic explosion (of biblical proportions
perhaps?) called the Big Bang caused the matter
to fly apart.
- In the intervening years, the universe has been
expanding, cooling as it goes.
6Consequences of the Big Bang
- If the universe did come into existence through a
cataclysmic explosion, there should be some
evidence. Three forms which I will discuss are - The universe should be expanding
- The universe should have a measurable
temperature. - The mix of the elements should be known.
7Doppler Effect
- The Doppler effect says that things moving away
from you look redder than they would if they
werent moving. Things moving towards you look
more blue.
8Edwin Hubble
- Using the Doppler effect, Edwin Hubble discovered
that objects that were further away move away
faster (and, hence, were redder) than nearer
objects. - This discovery showed that the universe was
expanding and still provides one of the best
measurements of the age of the universe.
9Black Body Radiator
- A black body radiator is one which absorbs all
light which is incident on it. - Such a body can also emit light, if sufficiently
hot. - The universe should thus have a temperature and
an afterglow.
Universe
10Afterglow From the Big Bang
11Afterglow From the Big Bang
- In 1964, while working at Bell Labs, Penzias and
Wilson discovered a radio hiss that they couldnt
make go away. - They had (by accident!) discovered the remnant
echo of the Big Bang - The universe was shown to have a temperature of
2.726K (-450 F)
12COsmic Background Explorer
- In 1992, COBE announced a measurement that showed
that the background radiation was not quite
uniform (although nearly so) - This measurement records information
approximately 300,000 years after the Big Bang
13Goldilocks Effect
- These three plots show three different effects,
each 10 less than the one larger than it. - You can see how seeing a small effect first
requires removing the bigger one.
Full, 10, and 1
Full only
10 and 1
10 only
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14Helium Abundance in the Universe
- At the late time (as we shall see) of 3 minutes
in the history of the universe, atomic nuclei
were created. - Big Bang theory predicts that the relative
abundances of hydrogen and helium were - Hydrogen 76
- Helium 24
- Lithium 1 part per 1010
- Due to nuclear fusion in stars since the Big
Bang, current abundances - Hydrogen 73
- Helium 26
- Everything else 1
15Summary of Cosmologic Measurements
- The Big Bang theory is consistent with
observations. Specifically - Hubble Telescope can view the universe
1,000,000,000 years after the Big Bang - The COBE satellite can view the universe 300,000
years after the Big Bang - The Hydrogen/Helium ratio can view the universe
3 minutes after the Big Bang - To which a particle physicist replies.
16Thats cute
17No.really..its cute
18Whats so interesting about that?All the
interesting stuff is overby three minutes.The
universe was in a retirement home by then.
19The really interesting question isWhat
happened when the universe was young and hot?
20History of the Universe
- In the beginning, the universe was really,
really, hot. - Consequently, things looked very different in the
beginning.
21Consider an Ice Cube
- Heat it and it
- Melts
- Boils
- Turns to steam
- H2O breaks up into hydrogen and oxygen atoms
- The electrons get ripped off the atoms and
electrons and atomic nuclei scurry around - Atomic nuclei get broken up into protons and
neutrons - Protons and neutrons get ripped apart into
particles called quarks.
22The Big Question
- How do you get something as hot as it was during
the Big Bang? - Smash stuff together!!
Hot!
23E m c2
Energy is Matter Matter is Energy
Lots of energy makes lots of matter and vice
versa!!!!!!
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26- At Fermilab, we collide elementary particles at
unprecedented energies, routinely recreating the
conditions fractions of a second after the Big
Bang.
In the spring of 2001, we will resume operations
after a five year upgrade. We will push our
understanding of the universe even further back
in time. Its gonna be cool!
27What are we going to find?
Supersymmetry, Higgs, Technicolor, particles
smaller than quarks, something unexpected?
If I knew, it wouldnt be any fun.
28Everything in the Universe
- Microwave radiation
- super clusters
- clusters
- galaxies
- stars
- planets
- people
- poodles
- pigeons
- pond scum
- politicians
From the primordial soup!
29Data-Model Comparison
30Data-Model Comparison