Back to the Stone Age

Nick Van Remortel: CMBR, Standard Model, Gravitational Waves #1


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Nick Van Remortel is a professor of physics at the University of Antwerp, find him on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-van-remortel-83a16373/

Outline:

00:00 - Introduction

00:36 - Cosmic microwave background radiation

25:10 - Size of the universe and infinity

30:20 - Expansion of the universe

40:45 - The standard model

01:02:30 - Greater purpose of fine-tuning and randomness

01:11:39 - Gravitational waves

01:18:10 - Principle of detection of gravitational waves

01:29:47 - Experimental effort of detection

01:32:29 - Information from gravitational waves

01:39:27 - Einstein Telescope

01:44:06 - Deep thoughts and conclusion

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