The Big Bang

Necessary?– Expansion of the Universe– Origin of CMBR

• 400 photons/cc• Black body temperature profile

– Helium content• Universal nucleosynthesis (like a star)

Basics– Universe was hotter, denser in the past

A few assumptions– Universe is a closed system

• Physically• Heating/cooling – adiabatic

– Treat like an adiabatic fluid (easy!)Energy of the Universe

E=kT

Second law of Thermodynamics

E=p V

Change in energy depends on change in volume

Pressure defined

p = 1/3 e

e=energy density – all radiation early on

Energy of light

ef=hf

So energy density = ef/volume

So the energy of the Universe goes down as the size goes up

Since E=kT, the temperature goes down as it expands

Energy = all energy

Photons, mass (via E=mc2), velocity, gravity, etc…

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Zero-th Step

Time <0

Anything before the BB?

How could we tell?

Where could we look?

Time=0

What’s it like?

Don’t know…

Gravity + QED = Quantum Gravity = ?

Haven’t figured it out yet

Time=10-43 sec

Time=Planck time

Based on quantum physics principles

Temperature = 1032 K

Density = 1093 gm/cc

Scale = very small

Interactions between energy/matter

Quantum physics (QED), gravity – separate

Can use them to describe characteristics of the Universe

How?

Some boring math…

Planck lengths, time, masses…

Okay what does that mean?

Have to define some more stuff….

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Compton time – time for a mass to violate conservation of energy law

This activity is known as “quantum fluctuations”

Formation of particles (matter/anti-matter) out of energy, quick destruction

Happens over a quantum length (Compton length)

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Schwarzschild Radius – “size” of a black hole

Schwarzschild Time – time for a photon to travel across a black hole

This defines the realm of “gravity”

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2 types of ways to describe the Universe– Planck length, time = QED– Compton length, time = QED– Schwarzschild length, time = gravity

The way these are related defines who is in charge – gravity or QED

Funny feature: a Planck mass into the formula for Compton, Schwarzschild lengths = Planck length

Also, all times are equal.

Meaning?

Planck mass = black hole that exists for Planck time!

If mass>Planck mass

Enter the realm of gravity (relativity),

QED not important

If mass<Planck mass

QED important, gravity loses.

This time, this mass, this realm is when there are two separate forces – gravity, GUT

GUT = grand unified theory (QED laws)

So what is REALLY happening?

Mini-black holes can come into/out of existence

Gravity brings them into being

Hawking radiation destroys them

Particles (non-black holes) come into/out of existence (Compton stuff)

Have energy, some particles, strange things going on – still not easy to define (or understand).

Time=10-35 sec

During GUT – quarks, leptons identicalNow the GUT breaks down into

Strong nuclear force (quarks force)Electoweak force (lepton/photon force)

Breaks “symmetry” of the Universe“Freezing out” of forces – loss of freedom

Release of energy (vacuum energy)Inflation startsQuarks form (along with anti-quarks)

Time=10-32 sec

End of Inflation

After inflation, size of Universe increased by factor of 1050

Really?

Expains uniformity of Universe

Flatness of Universe

Time=10-12 sec

Another symmetry breaking

Electroweak force breaks down into

electromagnetic force

weak nuclear force

Leptons/anti-leptons form

Universe full of energy (photons), quarks, leptons

Time=10-10 sec

Quarks win over anti-quarks

Another symmetry breaking!

Protons/neutrons can form

Interactions between all sorts of things

Not what happens today

Neutrinos forced into interactions

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Time=10-5 sec

End of neutrino interactions

Universe too cool (10 billion K)

Neutrinos still out there!

Where are they?

Time=1-3 Minutes

Nucleosynthesis

Universe Temperature = Stellar interior

Protons, Neutrons combine to make– H2, H3 (Deuterium, Tritium)– He3, He4

– Li6, Li7, Be7

End composition: 75% p+ (H), 25% He4

(~0.01% - the rest)

Gravity starts to become noticeable

Time = 1 year

Energy and Matter starting to diverge

Cooling down at their own rates

Energy (photons) – cooled by the expansion

Matter – temperature determined by photons, fewer interactions

Time=380,000 years

Era of Decoupling

Energy + Matter intertwined before now

After this, they go their separate ways

Energy of photons too low to interact effectively

Universe becomes “transparent” to radiation

Matter (gravity) controls Universe

Time <1 billion years

Galaxy Formation/Cluster formation?

Proto-galaxy formation?

Something is starting to happen….

This would be the epoch of the largest observable redshifts

Might have missed a previous step (or two)

Time = Now

You’re looking at this.

End of story (for now)