The figure below is based on an assumed Hubble constant of 70 km/s/Mpc. How would you change the diagram to fit a Hubble constant of 50 km/s/Mpc? If the evolution of the universe were determined only by gravity, then its fate would be linked to its geometry. Open Negligible normal matter Flat Closed 14 9.5 Past Future Time Billion years ago Now The slope of the "negligible normal matter" line would be ---Select--- and cross the time axis ---Select--- than 14 billion years ago. The curved line separating the open and closed universe regions would cross the time axis ---Select--- C than 9.5 billion years ago. Scale of the universe, R
The figure below is based on an assumed Hubble constant of 70 km/s/Mpc. How would you change the diagram to fit a Hubble constant of 50 km/s/Mpc? If the evolution of the universe were determined only by gravity, then its fate would be linked to its geometry. Open Negligible normal matter Flat Closed 14 9.5 Past Future Time Billion years ago Now The slope of the "negligible normal matter" line would be ---Select--- and cross the time axis ---Select--- than 14 billion years ago. The curved line separating the open and closed universe regions would cross the time axis ---Select--- C than 9.5 billion years ago. Scale of the universe, R
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Transcribed Image Text:The figure below is based on an assumed Hubble constant of 70 km/s/Mpc. How would you change the diagram to fit a Hubble constant of 50 km/s/Mpc?
If the evolution of the universe were
determined only by gravity, then its
fate would be linked to its geometry.
Open
Negligible normal matter
Flat
Closed
14
9.5
Past Future
Time
Billion years ago
Now
The slope of the "negligible normal matter" line would be ---Select---
C and cross the time axis ---Select---
O than 14 billion years ago. The curved line separating the open and closed
universe regions would cross the time axis
O than 9.5 billion years ago.
---Select---
Scale of the universe, R
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