Seminars & Lectures
| * TITLE | The \'Standard\' Model of Cosmology ... and Open Questions | ||||||
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| * DATE / TIME | 2013-06-27, 11AM, 512 Seminar Room | ||||||
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| Experiments and observations over the last decade have provided strong support for a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"standard\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" model of cosmology that describes the evolution of the universe from an early epoch of inflation to the complex hierarchy of structure seen today. I review the basic physics, astronomy, and history of ideas on which this model is based. I describe the data which persuade cosmologists that (as yet undetected) dark energy and dark matter are by far the main components of the energy budget of the universe. I conclude with a list of open cosmological questions. | |||||||
