Sub-Orbital Observations for Big Bang Cosmology

AJ Scaramucci

• The Big Bang Model is a broadly accepted theory for the origin and evolution of our universe.

Big Bang

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Foundation for the Big Bang Model

• The first key idea dates to 1916 when Einstein developed his General Theory of Relativity which he proposed as a new theory of gravity. http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/bb_theory.html

Inflation Theory

• The Inflation Theory proposes a period of extremely rapid (exponential) expansion of the universe during its first few moments.

abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast123/lectures/lec23.html

Inflation Theory

• While the Big Bang theory successfully explains the "blackbody spectrum" of the cosmic microwave background radiation and the origin of the light elements, it has three significant problems:

• Flatness Problem• Horizon Problem• Monopole Problem

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http://ssscott.tripod.com/BigBang.html

Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMB)

• The existence of the CMB radiation was first predicted by George Gamow in 1948, and by Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman in 1950.

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MAXIMA: Observations of CMB anisotropyby Rabii, Bahman, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2002

• Millimeter Anisotropy eXperiment IMaging Array (MAXIMA)

• Measures the temperature anisotropy of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)

www.scidacreview.org/0704/html/cmb.html

Gravitino Dark Matter, Neutrino Masses and Lepton Flavor Violation from broken R-parity: S. Lola

• Gravitino dark matter and slow gravitino decays in supersymmetric theories with broken R-parity.

The cosmic microwave background radiation in a non-expanding universe: Wilfred H. Sorrell

• Outlines a model for an aether medium that explains the genesis of the microwave background radiation in a closed static (nonexpanding) universe.

Splotch: visualizing cosmological simulations:K Dolag

• Splotch• Software tool which supports the effective

visualization of cosmological• Simulations data

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