Galaxy Forum Canada 2011 Levon Pagosian 'The Universe Outside our Galaxy'

1. THE UNIVERSE outside our galaxy Levon Pogosian PHYSICS Simon Fraser University

4. Edwin Hubble 1889-1953 The universe is expanding

5. What does it mean? The universe was smaller which means denser which means things hit each other atoms… which destroys galaxies stars…. Can we see this?

6. Looking far away = looking back in time

7. Us in the center

8. The map

10. Live, from NY Big Bang!

11. Universe, baby album, page 1: ( 400,000 years of age)

13. Gravitational Instability

14. How did it get like this?

15. Werner Heisenberg Quantum Uncertainty

16. Is this a fact? We may find out soon

17. CMB is hairy! (i.e. polarized) Image by M. Kamionkowski, CalTech

18. Polarization Patterns Search for hair whirlpools !

19. CMB is hairy! (i.e. polarized) Image by M. Kamionkowski, CalTech

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