by Farley V. FerranteSMU QuarkNet 2009

The Particle Adventure

The Standard Model of Cosmology

The Universe Adventure

Problems with Big Bang Model

WMAP

Big Bang Model: The First 3 Minutes

Quantum Universe

Cosmological Constant

Alternatives, Oddities, Philosophical Musings…Steady State ModelPioneer AnomalyModified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND)Variable Speed of Light (VSL)Quintessence“Axis of Evil”Anthropic Principle (“fine tuning” of fundamental constants)

Landscape of String TheoryMultiverse

• Standard Hot Big Bang of the 1970s• Flat, accelerating Universe• Atoms, exotic dark matter & dark energy• Consistent with inflation• Precision set of cosmological parameters

–Ω0 = 1.005 ± 0.006 (uncurved)–ΩM = 0.280 ± 0.013–ΩB = 0.045 ± 0.0015–ΩDE = 0.72 ± 0.015–H0 = 70 ± 1.3 km/s/Mpc–t0 = 13.73 ± 0.12 Gyr–Nν = 4.4 ± 1.5

Michael S Turner