Astronomy 350
Lecture 23, Oct 22 Fall 2012

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Cosmodynamics I

Reconciling Homogeneity and Expansion: Cosmic Evolution

  • Egoist's interpretation
  • Einstein interpretation

Lifestyles in an Expanding Universe

  • expansion described: scale factor
  • expansion and areas, volumes
  • from Einstein to Hubble
  • analogies: raisin cake; balloon

Expansion and Redshifts

balloon analogy for the expanding universe

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Brian D. Fields
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