However, with additional theoretical input the hypothesis about the thermal freezeout can potentially be verified, as illustrated with two examples. Thermal history of the universe january 17, 2017 1 thermodynamics in the expanding universe as discovered by penzias and wilson in 1965, and determined much more precisely in the early 1990s by the far infrared absolute spectrometer firas on nasas cosmic background ex. Evolution of the scale factor and the hubble constant. Above this temperature, thermal production of baryons and their strong interaction is significant and somewhat difficult to model. The main events of the thermal history and the transition between di erent entitydominated eras are analysed. After cosmic inflation ends, the universe is filled with a quark gluon plasma. A brief thermal history of the universe springerlink. But as the universe expanded and cooled down, the distance between particles increased and the expansion rate of the universe h overtook the neutrino interaction rate. An especially important phase involved the formation of the light elements hydrogen, deuterium, helium, and small amounts of lithium and beryllium, aka \big bang nucleosynthesis.
H is satis ed, then the timescale of particle interactions is much smaller than the characteristic expansion timescale. Newtonian cosmology, dynamical expansion and thermal history of the universe. From this point onwards the physics of the early universe is better understood, and less speculative. The thermal history of the universe n this class l evolution of radiation and matter l timeline of the hot big bang l particle physics in the early universe i. Thermal history of the universe n recall from last class the following two facts. The matter temperature would be boosted well above its friedmann value and, the matter would be completely reionized. Thermal history hubbles discovery of the expansion of the universe in 1929 revealed our beginning from a much smaller and much denser initial state big bang theory. This picture is simple, elegant, and robust, but it can not be complete. Photon trajectories near a black hole new views of neutron stars. Quantitative introduction to physics of the solar system, stars, interstellar medium, the galaxy, and universe, as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models. Penzias and wilsons discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation. We use the evolution of the standard model degrees of freedom with respect to temperature in the early universe to compute the induced gravitational waves bakcground. Cosmic microwave background anisotropy at degree angular scales and the thermal history of the universe.
Thermal history encyclopedia of astronomy and strophysics universe. It is useful to keep in mind some simple relations between time, distance and temperature in. The subject matter in this course divides intofundamental ideas and methods of thermal physics, which actually are not limited to this area and have very general relevance for the rest of physics. We introduce the idea of thermal decoupling and discuss its signi. Part 1 deals with the friedmann model, the thermal history of the universe, and includes a description of observed structures in the universe. Thermal history of the universe with dark energy component induced. To reach our destination, we journey through background cosmology, statistical physics and particle physics.
Toward understanding of the complete thermal history of the. In physical cosmology, cosmic inflation, cosmological inflation, is the extremely rapid exponential expansion of the early universe by a factor of at least 1078 in. We can ignore such complications at lower temperatures and as we shall see. Rapid interactions drive distribution to thermal equilibrium but must compete with the expansion rate of universe. The topics are chosen to illustrate ideas and methods of thermal physics, but also because many. Equilibrium distributions shortrange interactions maintaining thermodynamic equilibrium. Abstract an extensive numerical analysis is made of distortions of the microwave background spectrum that can arise over a broad interval of cosmic times. On the expansion of the universe albert einstein 18791955 predicted a general expansion of the universe from his general theory of relativity.
Pdf cosmic microwave background anisotropy at degree. Thus, equilibrium is maintained and the expansion of the. Constraints on the thermal history of the universe from. Mar 03, 2017 understanding the thermal history of the universe through direct and indirect detection of dark matter cl. Too much helium our sun is about 28% helium by mass. Let us next consider some key events in the evolutionary history of our universe. When the universe was times smaller and the cmb photons were at 3000k they were energetic enough disintingrate atoms into. Study materials massachusetts institute of technology. We will learn that they dont always cancel each other because the universe is cooling, and that means it cant be exactly in thermal equilibrium. Just as understanding the thermal history of the early universe has taught us an enormous amount about both cosmology and particle physics see, e. Background frw universe and thermal history this rst part of these lectures on the early universe is concerned with its overall content and evolution.
Journal of high energy physics, may 20 kohei kamada, tatsuo kobayashi, keisuke ohashi, yutaka ookouchi. We now turn to the role of the background radiation, in particular the cosmic microwave background radiation, in the study of the big bang model of the universe. The heat death of the universe, also known as the big chill or big freeze, is a conjecture on the ultimate fate of the universe, which suggests the universe would evolve to a state of no thermodynamic free energy and would therefore be unable to sustain processes that increase entropy. Thermal equilibrium of particle species in the early universe is maintained by scattering of parti cles.
Hence the universe used to be a real hot and dense place. One reason why physicists are good at calculating nuclear reactions. The consequent radiation production could have an important effect on the thermal history of the universe, even if the density of the holes is small. So far weve dealt with a universe which contains only nonrelativistic matter and that, as we said from the beginning, describes our universe for the bulk of its history. Thus, equilibrium is maintained and the expansion of the universe can be considered to be adiabatic as long as the interaction rate. Understanding the very earliest moments requires knowledge of the fundamental. Hadron epoch between 106 seconds and 1 second after the big bang hadrons are particles that feel the strong nuclear force and are combinations of quarks. To this end, we will consider the simplest possible model where the universe is highly symmetric. We now have to set the scene for our attack on the major problems of astrophysical cosmology how do we account for the origin and evolution of the galaxies. The thermal history of the universe we will now work our way backward in time to see what the universe was like in the really old days. The most well understood phase of the universe occurs when the temperature is less than about 10 12 k. Some more details of the nuclear reactions in the early universe. There may have been a global magma ocean beneath a massive protoatmosphere of. Gravitational waves are truly transparent to matter in the universe and carry the information of the very early epoch.
The thermal history of the universe is thus the story of what happens when a tremendously hot and dense plasma expands and cools. But in the early period, the universe was in fact dominated by radiation, as we. Pregalactic black hole accretion and the thermal history. Download this course mit opencourseware physics introduction to astronomy. This thermal history for the early universe can then be used to try to understand the primordial origin of dark matter dm particles, baryons, and the matter antimatter asymmetry. Pdf qcd contributions to the thermal history of the. Qcd contributions to the thermal history of the early univer. The average energy per photon depends on the temperature of the universe and therefore, at early times, photons have a large amount of energy. There is no evidence that this occurred ringwood, 1990. In fact, expansion or collapse deflation seemed an almost inevitable result of his original field equations. But as the universe expanded and cooled down, the distance between particles increased and the expansion rate of the universe h.
Understanding the thermal history of the universe through. Before we can do that, however, we need to work out in some detail the thermal history of the matter and radiation content of the universe according to the standard big bang picture. Not usable as a restricted elective by physics majors. National research council order in the universe cosmology is the study of the evolution of the universe from its first moments to the present. In this moment it was realized the universe is expanding. Part 2 describes the theory of gravitational instability in both the linear and nonlinear regimes. The key to understanding the thermal history of the universe is the comparison between the rate of interaction for a given process, and the expansion rate of the universe, h. Toward understanding of the complete thermal history of the universe. The earliest stages of the universe s existence are estimated as taking place. It is useful to keep in mind some simple relations between time, distance and temperature in a radiationdominated universe. Writeup on chandrasekhar link to article nuclear binding energies. This project is an attempt to fathom the thermal history of the universe.
We show that the energy density spectrum of the primordial gravitational waves. H is satis ed, then the timescale of particle interactions is much smaller than the char. The chronology of the universe describes the history and future of the universe according to big bang cosmology. We study the induced primordial gravitational waves gw coming from the effect of scalar perturbation on the tensor perturbation at the second order of cosmological perturbation theory.
For much of this book, therefore, we will be considering the properties of an idealized, perfectly smooth, model universe. Evidence for the hot big bang 1 cosmic expansion covered in previous lectures 2 big bang theory can predict the 24% primordial helium abundance that is observed everywhere. Overview our last problem in homogeneous cosmology is to consider the history of the matter content of the universe. Toward understanding of the complete thermal history of. The observed ratio of photons 400 per cubic centimeter to hydrogen in the universe is about 1 billion to 1. Satellites, balloonborne, and groundbased experiments scrutinize the cmb sky at multiple scales, and therefore enable to investigate not only the evolution of the early universe, but also its. Pdf qcd contributions to the thermal history of the early. Towards understanding thermal history of the universe. Blackbody radiation and the early history of the universe, part i. An especially important phase involved the formation of the light elements hydrogen, deuterium, helium, and small amounts of lithium and beryllium, aka \ big bang nucleosynthesis. Mar 27, 2011 pdf we discuss the deviations from the ideal relativistic thermal bath. Remember the ratio of photons to baryons in the universe now is one billion to one. The entropy of the neutrinos, and the entropies of the rest of the universe, then become separately conserved. Thermal history of the universe with dark energy component.
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