Fall 2009 Astronomy 596/496 NPA Sept 16

Lecture 10

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Cosmic kinematics: Galaxy motions

Cosmodynamics: Implications of Hubble and Cosmological Principle

  • interpreting the pattern of Hubble flow
  • cosmic expansion
  • expansion quantified: cosmic scale factor
  • the balloon and raisin cake analogies
balloon analogy for cosmic expansion

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Brian D. Fields
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