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The First Second of the Universe (And the Following 13.700.000.000 Years!) The first second of the Universe (and the following 13.700.000.000 years!) Daniel G. Figueroa CERN, Theory Division Cosmology = Study of the Universe as a WHOLE (Evolution, Content, "Birth", "Death",…) Cosmology = Study of the Universe as a WHOLE (Evolution, Content, "Birth", "Death",…) Scientific method: Observe + Measure Infer Laws Laws Predict new phenomena Cosmology = Study of the Universe as a WHOLE (Evolution, Content, "Birth", "Death",…) Scientific method: Observe + Measure Infer Laws Laws Predict new phenomena We cannot manipulate CAREFUL! : the Universe, we can only observe it! UNiVERSE ‘space' CONTAINER … of MATTER (atoms, galaxies, … + more exotic ‘objects') UNiVERSE ‘space' CONTAINER … of MATTER (atoms, galaxies, … + more exotic ‘objects') UNiVERSE ‘space' CONTAINER … of MATTER (atoms, galaxies, … + more exotic ‘objects') UNiVERSE = Space Containing all Matter 'Geometry' ??? 'Energy' UNiVERSE = Space Containing all Matter 'Geometry' ??? 'Energy' ‘Space-Time' Geometry dictates Movement of Matter Presence of Matter (Energy) dictates ‘Space-Time' Geometry UNiVERSE = Space Containing all Matter 'Geometry' ??? 'Energy' ‘Space-Time' Geometry dictates Movement of Matter Presence of Matter (Energy) dictates ‘Space-Time' Geometry UNiVERSE = Space Containing all Matter 'Geometry' ??? 'Energy' ‘Space-Time' Geometry dictates Movement of Matter Presence of Matter (Energy) dictates ‘Space-Time' Geometry Theory of GENERAL Space-Time Matter RELATIVITY (Einstein,1915) GENERAL RELATIVITY = THEORY of GRAVITY UNiVERSE = Space Containing all Matter UNiVERSE = Space Containing all Matter UNiVERSE = Space Containing all Matter ¿ UNiVERSE at LARGE SCALES ? ¿ UNiVERSE at LARGE SCALES ? ¿ UNiVERSE at LARGE SCALES ? Cosmological Principle: HOMOGENEOUS and ISOTROPIC ¿ UNiVERSE at LARGE SCALES ? Cosmological Principle: HOMOGENEOUS and ISOTROPIC SAME EVERYWHERE ! SAME IN EVERY DIRECTION ! HOMOGENEOUS and ISOTROPIC (Millenium Simulation) UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC GENERAL RELATIVITY SPACE-TIME ENERGY-MATTER GEOMETRY UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC GENERAL RELATIVITY SPACE-TIME ENERGY-MATTER GEOMETRY Cosmological Principle HOMOGENEOUS & ISOTROPIC UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC GENERAL RELATIVITY SPACE-TIME ENERGY-MATTER GEOMETRY Cosmological Principle GENERAL HOMOGENEOUS RELATIVITY 1) Geometry: Flat/Close/Open & ISOTROPIC 2) Dynamics: EXPANDING UNIVERSE! UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC GENERAL RELATIVITY SPACE-TIME ENERGY-MATTER GEOMETRY Cosmological Principle GENERAL HOMOGENEOUS RELATIVITY 1) Geometry: Flat/Close/Open & ISOTROPIC 2) Dynamics: EXPANDING UNIVERSE! Theoretical Basis for BIG BANG theory! UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC Geometry: Close/Open/Flat BIG BANG THEORY: { Dynamics: EXPANDING Universe UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC Geometry: Close/Open/Flat BIG BANG THEORY: { Dynamics: EXPANDING Universe UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC Geometry: Close/Open/Flat BIG BANG THEORY: { Dynamics: EXPANDING Universe UNiVERSE: HOMOGENEOUS and iSOTROPiC Geometry: Close/Open/Flat BIG BANG THEORY: { Dynamics: EXPANDING Universe BIG BANG ? ¿ t = 0 ? COSMIC HISTORY of the UNiVERSE COSMIC HISTORY of the UNiVERSE TODAY [Galaxies, Clusters, …] (13.700 Million years) FIRST GALAXIES (500 Millions years) ATOMS CREATION (300.000-400.000 years) ATOMIC NUCLEI CREATION (3 minutes !!!) FIRST SECOND of the UNIVERSE !! Universe SUMMARY Homogeneous & Isotropic Universe is Expanding (Geom: Flat, Close, Open) Galaxy Formation, Cosmic Epochs: Creation of Atoms, Creation of atomic nuclei, Creation of all elementary particles Cosmic Epochs: Galaxy Formation (500 Million years) GAS of PARTiCLES Gravitational 'Lumps‘ (homogeneous & isotropic) Attraction Cosmic Epochs: Galaxy Formation (500 Million years) GAS of PARTiCLES Gravitational 'Lumps‘ (homogeneous & isotropic) Attraction GALAXIES ! Cosmic Epochs: Galaxy Formation (500 Million years) GAS of PARTiCLES Gravitational 'Lumps‘ (homogeneous & isotropic) Attraction [not completely !] GALAXIES ! ⇢ =¯⇢(1 ⇢) ± 5 ⇢ (10− ) ⇠ O Cosmic Epochs: Galaxy Formation (500 Million years) GAS of PARTiCLES Gravitational 'Lumps‘ (homogeneous & isotropic) Attraction [not completely !] GALAXIES ! 1) ⇢ =¯⇢(1 ⇢) (⇢ ± traction 5 Gravitational At ⇢ (10− ) ⇠ O LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE of the UNIVERSE MILLENNIUM Simulations AREPO Simulations COSMIC HISTORY of the UNiVERSE BiGGER size, SMALLER Temp TODAY [Galaxies, Clusters, …] (13.700 Million years) FIRST GALAXIES (500 Millions years) ATOMS CREATION (300.000-400.000 years) ATOMIC NUCLEI CREATION (3 minutes !!!) SMALLER SIZE, FIRST SECOND LARGER Temperature of the UNIVERSE !! Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atoms (300.000-400.000 yrs) Past, Later, hotter colder Protons, Universe cools down… Atoms Electrons, … Photons do not have enough energy to break apart atoms, formed ! Photons Then electrons join to the Interact atomic nuclei: Atoms formed!!! Light electro- (electromagnetic magnetically radiation) set free ! Cosmic Microwave Background Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atoms (300.000-400.000 yrs) Initial time: hot soup of baryons, electrons & photons t t 3 105 yr stable atoms start to form. − 0 ⇠ · The Universe becomes transparent! Atom Formation:Photons red-shifted Free propagation and dispersed of light by !! gravity wells! (Recombination) gravity related to matter content Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atoms (300.000-400.000 yrs) ¿ Where is that light? Everywhere! BiGGER size, TODAY [Galaxies, Clusters, …] SMALLER Temp (13.700 Million years) FIRST GALAXIES (500 Millions years) ATOMS FORMATION (300.000-400.000 years) Emission of Cosmic Microwave Radiation ! ATOMIC NUCLEI FORMATION (3 minutes !!!) SMALLER SIZE, FIRST SECOND LARGER Temperature of the UNIVERSE !! Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atoms (300.000-400.000 yrs) ¿ Where is that light? Everywhere! Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Tγ (2) Tγ (1) c∆t Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atoms (300.000-400.000 yrs) ¿ Where is that light? Everywhere! PLANCK Satellite Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Definitive proof of the Big Bang Theory! (almost-)ISOTROPIC But …. There are small ‘Inhomogeneities' !!! (variations of 1/100.000) Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atoms (300.000-400.000 yrs) Properties of the Cosmic Microwave Background Properties of the Anisotropies then …. Geometry of the Universe ! The UNIVERSE has FLAT GEOMETRY ! COSMIC HISTORY of the UNiVERSE BiGGER size, TODAY [Galaxies, Clusters, …] SMALLER Temp (13.700 Million years) FIRST GALAXIES (500 Millions years) ATOMS FORMATION (300.000-400.000 years) (+ CMB emission !) ATOMIC NUCLEI FORMATION (3 minutes !) SMALLER SIZE, FIRST SECOND LARGER Temperature of the UNIVERSE !! Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atomic nuclei (3 mins) Past, Afterwards, colder hotter (3 minutes) (1 second) Protons, Universe cools down… Atomic Neutrons … protons and neutrons don't have Nuclei sufficient energy anymore Interact created ! strongly Then they join together forming atomic nuclei: Nuclear Physics! Cosmic Epochs: Formation of atomic nuclei (3 mins) NUCLEAR PHYSICS (measured in the lab) Lets to predict abundances of H, 4He, D, 3He, 7Li, ... Another definitive proof of the Big Bang theory ! COSMIC HISTORY of the UNiVERSE BiGGER size, TODAY [Galaxies, Clusters, …] SMALLER Temp (13.700 Million years) FIRST GALAXIES (500 Millions years) ATOMS CREATION (300.000-400.000 years) (+ CMB emission !) ATOMIC NUCLEI FORMATION (3 minutes !) SMALLER SIZE, FIRST SECOND LARGER Temperature of the UNIVERSE !! THE$EXPANDING$UNIVERSE$ Today$!!!$ DARK$ENERGY$ $$The$expansion$of$the$ $($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$Universe$accelerates$ 9$ $ $>$$8$x$10 $yr GALAXY$$ EVOLUTION$ +$CLUSTER$ FORMATION! 10$yr$ 9$–$10 GALAXY$FORMATION$$$ 10 +$REIONIZATION$ 109$$yr$ $DARK$AGES$ yr$ >$400.000$ CMB$ $Photons$(light)$decouple$ ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$and$propagate$freely$$ The first Second of the Universe ! Cosmicyr$ Epochs: ~$400.000$ RECOMBINATION$ Notation : n Protons$and$electrons$ 10− seg = 0.00....001 seg$($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$combine$to$form$Atoms$ yr$ ~$300.000$ NUCLEOSYNTHESIS$ Light$Nucleii$form,$aLer$ electron^positron$annihila6on$ $($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$and$neutrino$decoupling$$ 1$sec$–$3$min$ QUARK$CONFINEMENT$ Quarks$bind$into$Hadrons$ ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$(protons$&$neutrons)$ EW$UNIFICATION$ 10^4$sec$ ElectroMagne6sm$&$ ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$weak$interac6ons$unify$ ^10 $sec$ 10 BARYOGENESIS$?$ MaVer$remains,$$$ ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$An6^MaVer$disappears$ ^35$sec$?$ GRAND$UNIFICATION$?$ >$10 All$forces$unified$ ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$into$a$single$one$?$ ^35 $sec$?$ 10 REHEATING$ All$maVer$in$the$$ ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$Universe$is$created$ ^36$sec$ INFLATION$ >$10 Exponen6al$Expansion$$ ($$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$)$of$the$Universe$ ^36 $sec$ ^43$ –$10 10 ??$ CopyleL:$Daniel$G.$Figueroa,$June$2014$ 10 Particle Accelerators (LHC): Reach up to 10 − sec SUMMARY Universe has expanded for 13.700 million years ! Several Epochs have been crucial in the evolution of the Universe The first second is crucial to understand the evolution afterwards But yet we DON'T UNDERSTAND that First Second ! WHAT DID I NOT TELL YOU ? MANY THINGS ! WHAT DID I NOT TELL YOU ? Needed for Consistency of the Big Bang theory ! COSMIC INFLATION ! 1 cm 1028 cm WHAT DID I NOT TELL YOU ? Successful (p)Reheating into Reheating: the Standard Model Reheating: Production of all the particles in the Universe (after Inflation) * Higgs: only Spin = 0 particle in SM Standard Model ! SM Thermal Plasma SM Reheating * How to connect BBN Inflation with the (p, n, γ) Standard Model: Possibly through the Higgs! SM (but we don’t know) SM -X 10 s ~ 1 s WHAT DID I NOT TELL YOU ? DARK ENERGY
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