Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse? Part I
1:10:23Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse, Part II
1:17:15The Doppler Effect and Special Relativity
1:16:07The Kinematics of the Homogeneous Expanding Universe
1:18:12Cosmological Redshift and the Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part I
1:18:23The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part II
1:19:04The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part III
1:11:56The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part IV
1:15:46The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part V
1:08:49Introduction to Non-Euclidean Spaces
1:12:30Non-Euclidean Spaces: Closed Universes
1:16:43Non-Euclidean Spaces: Open Universes and the Spacetime Metric
1:14:21Non-Euclidean Spaces: Spacetime Metric and Geodesic Equation
1:15:45The Geodesic Equation
1:16:43Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part I
1:21:07Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part II
1:17:48Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part III
1:08:50Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum and the Cosmological Constant, Part I
1:16:20The Cosmological Constant, Part II
1:07:21Supernovae Ia and Vacuum Energy Density
1:17:40Problems of the Conventional (Non-inflationary) Hot Big Bang Model
1:11:04The Higgs Field and the Cosmological Magnetic Monopole Problem
1:24:14Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse, Part II
Professor Alan Guth presents the theoretical foundations and observational evidence for cosmic inflation, exploring its implications for a multiverse and the role of anthropic arguments in cosmological selection. This lecture addresses the landscape problem and the nature of dark energy.
MIT 8.286 The Early Universe, Fall 2013
In this lecture, the professor summarized the standard Big Bang, cosmic inflation, evidence for inflation, inflation and multiverse, nightmare of dark energy. He also talked about the landscape and environmental selection, anthropic arguments, etc.
Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse? Part I
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