AST 104 Stars and Galaxies

Important Terms for Chapter 15:

Redshift

Hubble Law

Hubble constant (H)

Megaparsec (Mpc)

Big Bang

Cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR)

Decoupling

Top-down scenario

Bottom-up scenario

Critical density

Open universe

Closed universe

Flat universe

Inflation (Inflationary hypothesis)

Dark matter

Dark energy

Big Crunch

Big Rip

Prof. Donna Weistrop

University of Nevada, Las Vegas