Patricia Burchat- Dark Matter, Dark Energy: Mysteries of the Universe

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Patricia Burchat

Department of PhysicsStanford University

Dark Matter, Dark Energy:

Mysteries of the Universe

Hubble Space Telescope

Ultra Deep Field

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Patricia Burchat

Department of PhysicsStanford University




Ultra Deep Field

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http://janus.astro.umd.edu/javadir/orbits/ssv.html

Planetary Motion

Credit: The Astronomy WorkshopA collection of interactive web-based programs for introductory astronomy as well as more advanced courses.

Written by Doug Hamilton and Mike Asbury, http://www.astro.umd.edu/education/education.html

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http://www.astro.umd.edu/education/education.html







The Andromeda Galaxy4



Doppler Shift

Windows to the Universe: http://www.windows.ucar.edu

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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/





Doppler Shift

JPL Planet Quest: http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/science/finding_planets.cfm

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The Andromeda Galaxy7



The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

(visible light)8



The Coma Cluster of Galaxies

(x ray, ROSAT image)9



Gravitational Lensing

http://www.goshen.edu/nasc/NaSc200/Notes/Galaxies/GravLensDiagram.JPG

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Gravitational Lensing by Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218

Hubble Space Telescope, WFPC2 and ACS

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The Bullet Cluster

PINK = gas; BLUE = dark matter

Clowe et al., astro-ph/0608407

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Simulation from Center for Cosmological Physics, University of Chicago

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Expanding Universe

© 1998 Edward L. Wright.

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Redshift due to theExpansion of Space

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Standard Candles in the Universe:

Type Ia Supernovae

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Evolution of a Supernova

Supernova Cosmology Project (P. Nugent: spectral sequence; A. Conley: image sequence)

with the help of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Computer Visualization Laboratory(N. Johnston: animation) at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.

Time

Wavelength

Brightness

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Calan/Tololo(Hamuy et al ,A.J. 1996)

SupernovaCosmologyProject

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redshift z

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0.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.00.02 0.05 0.1 0.2 0.5 1.0

Perlmutter, et al. (1998)

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MORE REDSHIFT

(More total expansion of universe since the supernova explosion)

• For a given brightness (distance), redshift is less than expected.

• Universe was expanding at less than the “expected” rate in the past.

• Universe is actually expanding at an ever-increasing rate today!

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Future Investigations of Dark Matter

andDark Energy:

An Example

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Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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Ultra Deep Field

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