Aleksandr Friedmann
Fall 2009 Astronomy 596/496 NPA Sept 18

Lecture 11

Lecture Notes: pdf file
Vesto Melvin Slipher

Expansion and Redshifts

The Friedmann Equations

  • expansion rate
  • expansion acceleration
  • limiting cases and cosmic epochs
balloon analogy for cosmic expansion

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Brian D. Fields
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