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This document discusses astrophysics concepts related to measuring distances in the universe, including Hubble's Law, benchmark cosmological models, proper distance, luminosity distance, standard candles like Cepheid variables and Type Ia supernovae, and how supernovae data shows an accelerating expansion of the universe consistent with general relativity. It also mentions using a cosmological calculator website and a future Python notebook and problem set on these topics.

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Astro Slides

This document discusses astrophysics concepts related to measuring distances in the universe, including Hubble's Law, benchmark cosmological models, proper distance, luminosity distance, standard candles like Cepheid variables and Type Ia supernovae, and how supernovae data shows an accelerating expansion of the universe consistent with general relativity. It also mentions using a cosmological calculator website and a future Python notebook and problem set on these topics.

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AST 3402 - Astrophysics II

Meeting #18

Measuring Two Numbers
Simple “Toy” Universes
Hubble’s Law
“Benchmark” Model
Consensus or Concordance Model
proper distance in toy universes
time observed time emitted

Λ
empty
matter
radiation
how can we measure distances using
redshift for the local universe?
luminosity distance
luminosity distance
Cepheid Variables
How far is the LMC?
Standard Candles
Type Ia Sne
m-M vs z for different q0
SNe show an accelerating universe
GRB consistent with nearby SNe
Ned Wright’s CosmoCalculator
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/CosmoCalc.html
luminosity vs angular distance
Curvature of the Universe

version based on Betoule et al. (2014).


SNe show an accelerating universe
Next time…
- Python notebook: Cosmo Calculator
- Problem Set 4

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