Acceleration & Zeta Acceleration & Zeta Function Function Regularization Regularization Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde Prof. Dr. Emilio Elizalde National Higher Research Council of Spain National Higher Research Council of Spain Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (ICE/CSIC) Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (ICE/CSIC) Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC) Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Seminar KMI Nagoya, 16 Feb Seminar KMI Nagoya, 16 Feb 2012 2012
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On the Universe On the Universe Acceleration & Zeta Acceleration & Zeta
Function Function RegularizationRegularization
Prof. Dr. Emilio ElizaldeProf. Dr. Emilio ElizaldeNational Higher Research Council of Spain National Higher Research Council of Spain
Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (ICE/CSIC)Institut de Ciències de l’Espai (ICE/CSIC)Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC)
Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)Campus Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
• Persian, Arabic, Chinese Persian, Arabic, Chinese astronomers: astronomers: moremore nebulae nebulae
• Edmund Halley Edmund Halley 66 in 1715, in 1715, Charles Messier Charles Messier 103103 in in 17811781
WilliamWilliam and and Caroline Herschel Caroline Herschel 3 catalogs, 1786-1802, 3 catalogs, 1786-1802, a total of a total of 2510 2510 nebulaenebulae
• And then, And then, Edwin Hubble, Edwin Hubble, in 1922-1924, saw in 1922-1924, saw Andromeda nebulae (.8 Mly) was Andromeda nebulae (.8 Mly) was far beyond our Milky far beyond our Milky Way: Way: nebulae were nebulae were other galaxies!other galaxies!
• Henrietta S Leavitt Henrietta S Leavitt (Ed Pickering’s Harvard Harem), (Ed Pickering’s Harvard Harem), ‘12 ‘12 period-luminosity relationshipperiod-luminosity relationship of Cepheid of Cepheid variable stars (Eddington , Hevariable stars (Eddington , He+,+++,++) ) Hertzsprung-Hertzsprung-RussellRussell Diagramm Diagramm
Henrietta Leavitt
Ed Pickering’s Harvard Harem
… or Harvard Computers
1913
Mittag-LefflerNP proposal ‘26
• Karl Schwarzschild: Karl Schwarzschild: Black Hole solution (22 Dec 1915)Black Hole solution (22 Dec 1915)
• Willem de Sitter: Willem de Sitter: massless univer static sol (just cc,’17)massless univer static sol (just cc,’17)
• Alexander Friedmann: Alexander Friedmann: expanding universe sol (1922)expanding universe sol (1922)
• Georges Lemaître: Georges Lemaître: expanding universe (MIT 1925, AF expanding universe (MIT 1925, AF solution); visited solution); visited Vesto Slipher Vesto Slipher (Lowell Obs, Arizona, (Lowell Obs, Arizona, 1912 redshifts) and 1912 redshifts) and Edwin Edwin Hubble Hubble (Mount Wilson, (Mount Wilson, Pasadena); Pasadena); Keeler-Slipher-Campbell,Keeler-Slipher-Campbell, 1918 1918
• Led to Led to Big Bang theory Big Bang theory (Fred Hoyle,(Fred Hoyle, BBC radio 3 BBC radio 3rdrd Programme, 18:30 GMT, 28 March 1949)Programme, 18:30 GMT, 28 March 1949)
• Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, Hermann Bondi:Fred Hoyle, Thomas Gold, Hermann Bondi: SteadyState SteadyState ’48, “C-field” with a negative pressure, to be ’48, “C-field” with a negative pressure, to be consistent with energy conservation consistent with energy conservation (anticipated (anticipated inflation)inflation)
• Dark matter: Dark matter: Fritz Zwicky Fritz Zwicky (1934) evidence of (1934) evidence of ‘missing ‘missing mass’mass’ in the orbital velocities of galaxies in clusters in the orbital velocities of galaxies in clusters
• Now lots of evidence: galactic rotation Now lots of evidence: galactic rotation curves (curves (Vera Vera Rubin, Kent FordRubin, Kent Ford, 1975), gravitational lensing, etc, 1975), gravitational lensing, etc
• Arno Penzias, Robert Wilson Arno Penzias, Robert Wilson (1964 Bell Labs, New (1964 Bell Labs, New Jersey); at Princeton (< 40 miles away) Jersey); at Princeton (< 40 miles away) Dicke, Dicke, Peebles, WilkinsonPeebles, Wilkinson writing paper on how CMB should writing paper on how CMB should be Burke (MIT) told Penzias of Peebles’ work: be Burke (MIT) told Penzias of Peebles’ work: and the Big Bang was there !and the Big Bang was there !
• Alan Guth Alan Guth ‘80,‘80,Katsuhiko Sato Katsuhiko Sato ‘81,‘81,Andrei LindeAndrei Linde: : inflationinflation Also: Also: A Albrecht, P Steinhardt, A Starobinsky A Albrecht, P Steinhardt, A Starobinsky. . And And Ya BYa B Zel’dovich, S Coleman Zel’dovich, S Coleman (decay of false (decay of false vacuum), …vacuum), …