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
1:24:14Supernovae Ia and Vacuum Energy Density
This session introduces Type Ia supernovae as cosmic distance indicators, summarizes the age of the universe via radiation flux and redshift, and details vacuum energy density.
MIT 8.286 The Early Universe, Fall 2013
In this lecture, the professor first talked about supernovae type Ia; summarized the age of the universe and radiation flux versus redshift; and talked about vacuum energy density.
The Cosmological Constant, Part II
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