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1 Astronomy 350L (Fall 2006) The History and Philosophy of Astronomy (Lecture 23: Steady State vs Big Bang) Instructor: Volker Bromm TA: Jarrett Johnson The University of Texas at Austin
2 Steady State vs Big Bang Universe Permanence vs change! Parmenides Heraclitus change is illusion! time has no beginning What is, cannot not be! everything is in perpetual flux! basic element: fire Panta Rhei!
3 Origin of the Big Bang Theory 1922: an expanding universe (solving Einstein s equations of General Relativity without cosmological constant) Alexander Friedmann ( )
4 Origin of the Big Bang Model 1927: Lemaitre independently (re-) discovers the expanding-universe solutions of GR Abbe Georges Lemaitre ( ) Lemaitre meets Einstein (Pasadena, 1933)
5 Origin of the Big Bang Model Lemaitre: Imagine that you run expansion of universe backwards in time! observer Cosmic time in distant past: universe was much denser and hotter!
6 Origin of the Big Bang Model 1931: Lemaitre s Primeval Atom : Primeval atom: super-heavy, radioactive! Radioactive decay somehow triggers expansion! Lemaitre: Father of the Big Bang
7 Origin of the Big Bang Model George Gamow 1904 (Odessa) 1968 (Boulder) distinguished career in nuclear physics ( tunnel effect ) 1948: theory of Big Bang nucleosynthesis (with R. Alpher) famous popularizer of science ( Mr. Tompkins in Wonderland )
8 The Riddle of the Chemical Elements Abundance vs atomic number Hydrogen and helium by far the most abundant cosmic elements Why: 1 He atom per 10 H atoms? Why are all the other elements so very rare?
9 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Hot Big Bang ylem Big idea (Alpher and Gamow 1948): Synthesize all elements during earliest, hot and dense, phase Raw material = Ylem : primordial soup of protons, neutrons, electrons, and photons
10 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Great success: Big Bang nucleosynyhesis can successfully explain Helium abundance (1 He atom per 10 H atoms) published (April 1, 1948) as Alpher, Bethe, & Gamow (the alphabetical paper : alpha, beta, gamma )
11 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Robert Herman Ralph Alpher
12 Big Bang Nucleosynthesis Big problem: theory doesn t work for heavier elements: - He+neutron, He+proton unstable! - He + He ( Be) unstable!
13 Modern View of Nucleosynthesis 1. Hydrogen, helium: Big Bang 2. All other elements: Interior of stars Bridging the Helium-carbon gap : Triple-alpha process (Edwin Salpeter, 1952)
14 Modern View of Nucleosynthesis Successful theory of creating the elements in stars: - Burbidge, Burbidge, Fowler, & Hoyle (B 2 FH 1957)
15 Predicting Cosmic Background Radiation photons Big idea (Alpher and Herman 1948): Out of primordial fireball in early universe an intense sea of photons that is still around us today
16 Predicting Cosmic Background Radiation Expansion of Universe stretches light towards longer wavelength (i.e., redder and less energetic) Cosmic background today: redshifted into microwave region of electromagnetic spectrum!
17 Predicting Cosmic Background Radiation Prediction (1948): Cosmic microwave background (CMB) at a (radiation) temperature of ~ 5 Kelvin Why was CMB not discovered then??? ( CMB was eventually discovered in 1965 by serendipity) - failure to explain creation of elements beyond Helium! - breakdown of communication between theorists and experimentalists (radio astronomers) - general disregard for anything related to Early Universe
18 Vatican endorses the Big Bang Pope Pius XII ( ) - Eugenio Pacelli 1951: official endorsement - speech `The Proofs for the Existence of God in the Light of Modern Natural Science Big Bang = moment of Creation
19 Soviet Union bans the Big Bang Marxism-Leninism philosophy: dialectical materialism materialism no creation of matter out of nothing (matter, and therefore the universe, must have existed forever!) Soviet scientists endorsing Big Bang were sent to `Gulag!
20 Cosmic Age Problem recession speed = (Hubble) constant x distance v = H 0 x d (H 0 =500 km s -1 Mpc -1 ) - Hubble s original value Age of the universe (in Big Bang model) shorter than estimated age of the Earth (~ 4 billion years)!!!
21 History of H Compilation by John Huchra H0 (km/s/mpc) Baade identifies Pop. I and II Cepheids Brightest stars identified as H II regions 200 Jan Oort Date
22 The Steady State Alternative (1948) Hermann Bondi ( ) Thomas Gold ( ) Fred Hoyle ( ) worked out at Cambridge University, England
23 Hoyle coins the term Big Bang 1950: BBC radio interview derogative term for rival theory to his own steady-state before that, Big Bang was called dynamic evolving model Fred Hoyle Both Hoyle and Gamow fought a PR battle!
24 Steady State Alternative Evolving universe ( Big Bang ) density changes with time past different from present beginning of time ( Big Bang ) Steady state universe density constant over time universe never changes no beginning of time
25 Steady State Alternative How does density change over time? Evolving universe ( Big Bang ) Steady state universe
26 Steady State Alternative How can density be constant despite cosmic expansion? continuous creation of matter ( C-field ) Need: 1 atom per liter per billion years
27 Steady State Alternative How and when is matter created? Evolving universe ( Big Bang ) Steady state universe time all of matter at beginning of time time small amounts of matter all the time For both models: matter is created out of nothing!
28 Steady State Alternative steady-state equilibrium: Patterns remain, but matter flows constantly `through them A: steady state: pattern (here: volume) doesn t change B: static case: nothing changes (e.g., Einstein s Universe)
29 Einstein s Eternal (and static) Universe 1917: Einstein constructs model of the universe that is eternal and static balance between attractive gravity and repulsive cosmological constant ( anti-gravity ) finite but without boundary (spatially closed)
30 Steady State Alternative steady-state theory obeys perfect cosmological principle cosmological principle : universe looks everywhere the same (on average) isotropy and homogeneity perfect cosmological principle (PCP): universe looks everywhere and everywhen the same (homogeneity in space and time) aesthetic appeal of PCP because of higher symmetry
31 Steady State vs Big Bang Decision has to come from observations! 1. Radio Galaxies and Quasars Martin Ryle ( ) Cambridge (England) radiotelescope
32 Steady State vs Big Bang Decision has to come from observations! 1. Radio Galaxies (RGs) and Quasars Radio emission N Density of RGs vs time Ryle s observation Steady-state radio galaxies (discovered in 1950s) Time today
33 Steady State vs Big Bang Decision has to come from observations! 1. Radio Galaxies (RGs) and Quasars RGs and quasars were more numerous in the past! Ryle s observations contradict steady-state model, but are in accordance with Big Bang Martin Ryle ( ) Ryle wins 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics
34 Steady State vs Big Bang Decision has to come from observations! 2. Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background 1965: Bell Labs Holmdel (NJ) horn antenna Serendipitous discovery: There is unaccounted `noise in microwave band! What is it??? Robert Wilson Arno Penzias
35 Steady State vs Big Bang Decision has to come from observations! 2. Discovery of Cosmic Microwave Background Gamow s old Big Bang fireball prediction! a perfect thermal (`blackbody ) spectrum!
36 Steady State vs Big Bang In 1940s and 50s, two rival models of cosmology: - Big Bang (Gamow, Alpher, and Herman): - universe started out in exceedingly dense and hot state - Hydrogen and Helium are created in first few minutes - universe is strongly evolving - Steady State (Hoyle, Bondi, and Gold): - universe had no beginning - continuous creation of matter Decision by observations in favor of Big Bang - Redshift distribution of radio galaxies and quasars (Ryle) - discovery of cosmic microwave background (Penzias/Wilson)
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