The New Cosmology
This course will focus on dark matter, dark energy, the destiny of the universe, the origin of (ordinary) matter, cosmic inflations, and the multiverse.
- Day:Tuesday
- Times: 6:30pm - 9:30pm CST
- Dates: Starting March 24
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About the Course
Discoveries made and ideas put forth over the past 25 years have profoundly changed our view of the universe and our place within it. More discoveries and ideas are likely to come over the next 15 years. After thoroughly developing the Big Bang framework, this course will turn to the ideas that are central to the New Cosmology, the successor to the Big Bang theory. At the heart of the New Cosmology are the deep connections between the inner space of elementary particles and the outer space of cosmology. Inspired by those connections, the course will focus on dark matter, dark energy, the destiny of the universe, the origin of (ordinary) matter, cosmic inflations, and the multiverse.
This class will satisfy the following curriculum requirement:
- Physical Science Core
About the Professor
Michael S. Turner
Michael S. Turner is the theoretical cosmologist who coined the term dark energy. He helped establish the interdisciplinary field that combines together cosmology and elementary particle physics to understand the origin and evolution of the universe. His research focuses on the earliest moments of creation, and he has made contributions to inflationary...
Michael S. Turner is the theoretical cosmologist who coined the term dark energy. He helped establish the interdisciplinary field that combines together cosmology and elementary particle physics to understand the origin and evolution of the universe. His research focuses on the earliest moments of creation, and he has made contributions to inflationary cosmology, particle dark matter and structure formation, the theory of big bang nucleosynthesis, and the nature of dark energy.