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

  • May 7 2024
  • Length: 2 hrs and 2 mins
  • Podcast
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Nick Van Remortel: CMBR, Standard Model, Gravitational Waves #1

  • Summary

  • 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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