Cosmic Microwave Background Timeline
UPDATE: the lecture video is now available.
Curious about the formation of the universe? Does dark matter and dark energy interest you? This is not your typical “there was a big explosion” presentation!
Dr. Gobeille will take the audience on a journey to the very beginnings of their existence; a time and place that never was. A time when the forces of nature were unified, matter did not exist, and the whole of space inflated; increasing its size 100 trillion trillion trillion trillion times in a flash more than a million trillion trillion times quicker than the blink of an eye!
The bizarre nature of the early universe only begins here as much of the story takes place within the very first second of the existence of space and time. This would be followed by a period known as the primordial fireball; a blazing hot soup of the fundamental particles of nature at such high temperatures it would take 380,000 years to cool to the point of creating the first atoms, a time known as recombination.
From here we will build the earliest stars and galaxies, explore the large scale structure of the universe, and investigate why every galaxy in the universe is moving away from us at titanic speeds.
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Family and friends are encouraged to come!
Thursday, October 27th 2011 @ 8PM. Auditorium ISA 1061, USF Tampa Campus. ISA is the “Interdisciplinary Sciences Building” – the tallest one on campus. Click here for a campus map.
Parking is free in lots 3A, 3B, 3C & 3D (the lots closest to the theatre & art museum). Please do not park in marked lots (i.e., handicapped, state vehicle, etc.,)
[Printable lecture teaser] [Campus map] [Facebook event page]
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