Astronomy 350
Lecture 29, Nov 2 Fall 2011

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Living with Acceleration

  • cosmic expansion hisotry: General Relativity predictions vs observations
  • explanations for cosmic acceleration
    • cosmic accelerant?
    • modified gravity?

Modified Gravity

Cosmic Accelerants

  • cosmological constant
  • dark energy
accelerating universe

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