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SDSS slideshow. COSMOLOGY BASICS. Max Tegmark, MIT. Midsummer holiday, Leksand, Sweden. Max Tegmark University of Pennsylvania. Where I was born and raised. Who are you?. The cosmic plan:. Overview of cosmology theory & observation - 0th order: cosmic expansion history
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COSMOLOGY BASICS Max Tegmark, MIT
Max Tegmark University of Pennsylvania Where I was born and raised
The cosmic plan: • Overview of cosmology theory & observation • - 0th order: cosmic expansion history • - 1st order: cosmic clustering history • - Observational tools: supernovae, CMB, galaxy clustering, . clusters, lensing, Ly forest, etc • - Cosmological parameters • Revolutions on the horizon: • - Nature of dark energy • How will the Universe end? Will it? • - Nature of dark matter • What is the Universe made of? • - Nature of our early universe • How did the Universe begin? Did it? • - String theory? Multiverse? • - 21 cm tomography L1: Sarah Church L2: Neal Weiner Sean Carroll, Phil Marshall Sean Carroll
Galaxy surveys Microwave background Supernovae Ia THE COSMIC SMÖRGÅSBORD Gravitational lensing Big Bang nucleosynthesis Galaxy clusters Neutral hydrogen tomography Lyman forest
Brief History of our Universe Dark matter creation? Antimatter annihilation Creation of atomic nuclei Dark energy evidence Hot Dense Smooth 400 Cool Rarefied Clumpy (Graphics from Gary Hinshaw/WMAP team)
To 0th order: Fluctuation generator Fluctuation amplifier 386 Hot DenseSmooth 400 H(z) Cool Rarefied Clumpy (Graphics from Gary Hinshaw/WMAP team) Cosmological functions (z), G(z,k), Ps(k), Pt(k)
To 1st order: Fluctuation generator Fluctuation amplifier 386 Hot Dense Smooth 400 H(z) P(k,z) Cool Rarefied Clumpy (Graphics from Gary Hinshaw/WMAP team)
0th order: a(t) 1st order: g(z,k) (Figure courtesy of COBE team) 400 Higher order: gastrophysics 13.7
0th order: Measuring Expansion: a(t) <=> H(z) (More on this in the lectures of Sean Carroll & Phil Marshall) • Standardizable candles • Standardizable rods • Standardizable clocks
100dpi Figure from WMAP team
dimmed • redshifted Distant light is 100dpi
dimmed • redshifted 100dpi Distant light is Redshift Dimming
dimmed • redshifted 100dpi Distant light is Redshift Dimming Standard candles, rulers or clocks
Standardizable candles Boomzoom (From Saul Perlmutter’s web site)
Using CMB blobs as a standardizable ruler: Boomzoom Open universe Inflation with Guth & Kaiser 2005 (Science) + WMAP3 Inflation without Cosmic strings
Using galaxy correlations as a standardizable ruler: Boomzoom (Eisenstein, Hu & MT 1998; Eisenstein et al 2005; Cole et al 2005) Easiest to understand in real space (Bashinsky & Bertschinger, PRL, 87, 1301, 2001; PRD 123008, 2002)
(Eisenstein et al 2005, for the SDSS collaboration astro-ph/050112) Boomzoom We’ve measured distance to z=0.35 to 5% accuracy Updates in Reid et al 0907.1659, Percival et al 0907.1660, Kazin et al 2009 in prep
Big Bang nucleosynthesis as a standardizable clock: George Gamow 1904-1968
Big Bang nucleosynthesis as a standardizable clock: George Gamow 1904-1968 Kirkman et al 2003, astro-ph/0302006
H = dlna/dt, H2 Assumes k=0 SN Ia+CMB+LSS constraints Yun Wang & MT 2004, PRL 92, 241302 a = 1/(1+z)
Inflationary gravitational waves as a standardizable clock: Qt ~ H/mplanck
H = dlna/dt, H2 What we’ve learned about H(z) from SN Ia, CMB, BAO, BBN, etc: Assumes k=0 SN Ia+CMB+LSS constraints Yun Wang & MT 2004, PRL 92, 241302 Vanilla rules OK!
What we’ve learned about H(z) from SN Ia Riess et al, astro-ph/0611572
curvature: • consistent with vanilla (k = 0) • topology: • consistent with vanilla
History CMB Foreground-cleaned WMAP map from Tegmark, de Oliveira-Costa & Hamilton, astro-ph/0302496
z = 1000 Boomzoom
z = 2.4 Boomzoom Mathis, Lemson, Springel, Kauffmann, White & Dekel 2001
z = 0.8 Boomzoom Mathis, Lemson, Springel, Kauffmann, White & Dekel 2001
z = 0 Boomzoom Mathis, Lemson, Springel, Kauffmann, White & Dekel 2001
1parmovies CMB Clusters LSS Lensing Lya Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047 + updates
000619 Galaxy power spectrum measurements 1999 (Based on compilation by Michael Vogeley)
1parmovies LSS
1parmovies Clusters LSS Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047 + updates
1parmovies CMB Clusters LSS (More from Sarah Church) Tegmark & Zaldarriaga, astro-ph/0207047 + updates
History (Figure from Wayne Hu) (Figure from WMAP team)
History CMB Foreground-cleaned WMAP map from Tegmark, de Oliveira-Costa & Hamilton, astro-ph/0302496
Why are there any CMB fluctuations at all?