Astr 596 PC | Lecture 4 | Spring 2010
Aleksandr Friedmann
Astronomy 596 PC
Lecture 4, Jan. 27 Spring 2010 Georges Lemaitre

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Implications of Hubble and Cosmo Principle

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

Cosmodynamics I: Newtonian Cosmology

The Friedmann Equations

  • expansion rate
  • expansion acceleration
balloon analogy for cosmic expansion

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