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
1:24:14Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part I
This session reviews the spacetime geodesic equation, introduces the Schwarzschild metric, discusses radial geodesics, and solves the radial infall equation.
MIT 8.286 The Early Universe, Fall 2013
In this lecture, the professor reviewed the spacetime geodesic equation; talked about the Schwarzschild metric and radial geodesics; and solved the radial infall equation.
The Geodesic Equation
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