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Jakub Vošmera
1 Relativity
2 Cosmology
3 Problems
1 Relativity
2 Cosmology
3 Problems
t0 = t (1a)
0
x = x + vt (1b)
y0 = y (1c)
z0 = z (1d)
ux0 = ux + v (2a)
uy0 = uy (2b)
uz0 = uz (2c)
In particular
c0 = c + v (3)
v
ct 0 = γ(ct +x) (4)
c
0 v
x = γ(x + ct) (5)
c
where −1/2
v2
γ= 1− 2 (6)
c
We then have
∆x
∆x 0 +v ux + v
ux0 = = ∆t v ∆x = (7)
∆t 0
1 + c 2 ∆t 1 + ucx2v
which indeed gives c 0 = c
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Proper time, time dilation
(∆t, ∆x, ∆y , ∆z) a segment on a world line in S.
Denote
γ2 v γ2 1 1
∆τ 02 = 2
(c∆t + ∆x)2 + 2 (∆x + v ∆t)2 + 2 ∆y 2 + 2 ∆z 2 = . . . = ∆τ 2 . (9)
c c c c c
=⇒ ∆τ is Lorentz invariant
=⇒ In any S: ∆τ = ∆t0 = time interval as perceived in S0 =⇒ ∆τ = proper time!
r
∆x/∆t ∆y /∆t ∆z/∆t
∆τ = ∆t 1 − − − = ∆t/γ . (10)
c2 c2 c2
i.e.
∆t = γ∆τ (11)
γ>1
=⇒ time dilation
Note that v = c (photons, gravitons) =⇒ ∆τ = 0
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Relativistic Doppler formula
Two signals emitted in S at t1e = 0, t2e = T and x1e = x2e = 0.
In S0 we obtain emission events
t1e0 = 0 (12a)
x1e0 =0 (12b)
and
t2e0 = γT (13a)
x2e0 = γvT (13b)
The signals are detected by an observer sitting at x 0 = a γvT at
a
t1d0 = (14a)
c
a − x2e0 a v
t2d0 = + t2e0 = + γT − γ T , (14b)
c c c
that is T 0 = t2d0 − t1d0 = (1 − vc )γT satisfies
r
c −v
T0 = T (15)
c +v
E 2 = m02 c 4 + p 2 c 2 (17)
=⇒ What is λ0 (λ, θ) ?
Conservation of four-momentum:
hc hc p
+ me c 2 = 0 + me2 c 4 + p 2 c 2 (20a)
λ λ
h h
= 0 cos θ + p cos ψ (20b)
λ λ
h
0 = 0 sin θ − p sin ψ (20c)
λ
Therefore
1 1 2
p 2 = p 2 sin2 ψ + p 2 cos2 ψ = h2 + − cos θ (21)
λ2 λ02 λλ0
We eventually obtain
h
λ0 (λ, θ) = λ + (1 − cos θ) (22)
me c
E = ~ω (23a)
cpx = ~ω cos θ (23b)
cpy = ~ω sin θ (23c)
In S0 we have
v
E 0 = γ~ω(1 + cos θ) (24a)
c
0 v
cpx = γ~ω(cos θ + ) (24b)
c
with cpy0 = cpy0 = ~ω sin θ. Therefore tan θ0 = py0 /px0 = sin θ/γ(cos θ + vc ) i.e.
cos θ + vc
cos θ0 = (25)
1 + vc cos θ
v c v
For θ = π
2
and θ0 = π
2
− α0 we have sin α0 = v
c
=⇒ α0 ≈ c
=⇒ classical aberration
In astrophysics: relativistic beaming (Problem 2), Poynting–Robertson effect (Problem 3)
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Principles of General Relativity
There is no gravitational force
1 8πG
Rµν − R gµν = 4 Tµν
2 c
−1
2 2GM 2 1 2GM
∆τ = 1 − ∆t − 2 1 − ∆r 2 (27)
rc 2 c rc 2
− 1
2GM 2
z= 1− 2
−1 (29)
Rc
=⇒ gravitational redshift
Can compute radial photon trajectories by setting ∆τ = 0
dr 2GM
=± 1− (30)
dt rc 2
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Plan for today
1 Relativity
2 Cosmology
3 Problems
where ∆r is their present distance and a(t) is increasing in time with a(t0 ) = 1
Terminology
∆r (t) physical distance
∆r comoving distance
a(t) scale factor
Corresponding proper time interval (Friedmann-Lemaı̂tre-Robertson-Walker)
1
∆τ 2 = ∆t 2 − a(t)2 ∆r 2 (32)
c2
8πG
H(t)2 = ρ(a) (33)
3
ρx,0
Ωx = (37)
ρcrit,0
p
H(a) = H0 Ωm a−3 + Ωr a−4 + ΩΛ (38)
1
a(t) = (41)
1+z
Important: this is not a Doppler redshift. Speeds calculated using Doppler formula have
no physical basis.
Can use (41) to rewrite (38) as
p
H(z) = H0 Ωm (1 + z)3 + Ωr (1 + z)4 + ΩΛ (42)
This gives
rL = r (1 + z) (44)
We can also measure the angular diameter δ of a source with physical diameter D. We
have
D
δ= (45)
rA
Converting D to comoving scale, we obtain
r
rA = (46)
1+z
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Hubble’s law
Basic trick:
Comoving dist. rAB between A and B can be found by connecting them with a photon.
Z tB
dt
rAB = c . (48)
tA a(t)
This is particularly useful: all things we see on the sky are connected to us by a photon!
Use (49), (41) and (42) to calculate comoving dist. r at redshift z as (Hubble’s law)
z
dz 0 z1 cz
Z
r (z) = c ≈ . (49)
0 H(z) H0
We have Z t0 Z 1 Z 1
dt da da 1
r (z) = c =c =c (50)
t a a(z) aȧ a(z) a2 H(a)
where in the last step we used the definition H = ȧ/a.
Further changing the variables to redshift, we obtain
dz 0 dz 0
Z z Z z
1 1
r (z) = c 0 0 2 0 2
= c 0
. (51)
0 H(z ) a(z ) (1 + z ) 0 H(z )
| {z }
=1
Derivatives:
d p
t = pt p−1 (53a)
dt
d Ht
e = He Ht (53b)
dt
d
(1 + z)p = p(1 + z)p−1 (53c)
dz
Integrals:
t p+1
Z
dt t p = p 6= −1 (54a)
p+1
Z
1
dt e = e Ht
Ht
(54b)
H
z p+1
Z
dz (1 + z)p = p 6= −1 (54c)
p+1
2 3
Have a(t) = (t/t0 ) 3 , H(z) = H0 (1 + z) 2 and so
Z z
c 3 2c 1
r (z) = dz 0 (1 + z 0 )− 2 = [1 − (1 + z)− 2 ] (55a)
H0 0 H0
rL (z) and rA (z) follow straightforwardly. For z 1, we indeed have
2c 1 2c 1 cz
[1 − (1 + z)− 2 ] ≈ [1 − (1 − z)] = (56)
H0 H0 2 H0
Future comoving horizon: maximum comoving distance to which we can travel starting
at present.
Z ∞ Z 0
dt dz
rFCH = c =c (59)
t0 a(t) −1 H(z)
Not all universes have past and future horizons, i.e. it can happen that rPCH,FCH = ∞
Examples: in Einstein – de Sitter have
Z ∞ Z 0
c 3 2c c 3
rPCH = dz (1 + z)− 2 = , rFCH = dz (1 + z)− 2 = ∞ (60)
H0 0 H0 H0 −1
1 Relativity
2 Cosmology
3 Problems
Observed spectrum of a galactic neutron star contains a line at E = 400 keV. This line
should correspond to the e + e − → 2γ annihilation. Assume me = 511 keV/c 2
a) Calculate the radius R of the neutron star as a multiple of Rg = 2GM/c 2 .
b) Assuming that the bulk of the star consist of nuclear matter with density
ρ = 4 × 1017 kg m−3 , find M/M and R in km.
Observed spectrum of a galactic neutron star contains a line at E = 400 keV. This line
should correspond to the e + e − → 2γ annihilation. Assume me = 511 keV/c 2
a) Calculate the radius R of the neutron star as a multiple of Rg = 2GM/c 2 .
b) Assuming that the bulk of the star consist of nuclear matter with density
ρ = 4 × 1017 kg m−3 , find M/M and R in km.
Solution:
a) Annihilation occurs preferentially when kinetic energies are much lower than rest
masses. Hence Eγ = me c 2 = 511 keV and so z = Eγ /E − 1 ≈ 0.28. This gives
R/Rg ≈ 2.6.
b) We obtain
R Rc 2 3c 2
2.6 ≈ = = =⇒ R ≈ 12.5 km
Rg 2GM 8πρGR 2
and M = 34 πρR 3 ≈ 1.6M .
Solution:
1
a) We need Ωm,0 (1 + z)3 = ΩΛ,0 , i.e. a∗ = (Ωm,0 /ΩΛ0 ) 3 ≈ 0.75 and
z ∗ = 1/a − 1 ≈ 0.33
b) We have
z∗
z
cdz 0 z
2c z ∗
Z Z Z
c c 3 1 1
r= = dz 0 + dz 0 (1+z 0 )− 2 = [ +(1+z ∗ )− 2 −(1+z)− 2 ]
0 H(z 0 ) H0 0 H0 z∗ H0 2
i.e. r = 6.6 Gpc. Linearised Hubble’s law would instead give 49 Gpc.
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Problem 2: GN-z11
∗
c) Have (t ∗ /t)2/3 = (1 + z)/(1 + z ∗ ) and a∗ = e H0 (−t0 +t ) , so t ∗ ≈ 9.65 × 109 y and so
t ≈ 350 × 106 y. The photons therefore travelled distance ≈ 13.4 × 109 ly ≈ 4.1 Gpc.
d) The angular diameter distance is equal to rA = r /(1 + z) ≈ 0.55 Gpc. The linear size
then follows as D = rA δ ≈ 1200 pc.
e) We have luminosity distance rL = (1 + z)r ≈ 80 Gpc. We then have
2
(10 pc)2 L
rL
m − M = −2.5 log =⇒ L = L 10−0.4(m−M )
rL2 L 10 pc
i.e. L ≈ 1011 L .
Assuming matter dominated universe and a galaxy of fixed physical size D, show that
there is a value z ∗ of redshift where the observed angular diameter of the galaxy starts
increasing with increasing z.
Assuming matter dominated universe and a galaxy of fixed physical size D, show that
there is a value z ∗ of redshift where the observed angular diameter of the galaxy starts
increasing with increasing z.
Solution: we have
D 1+z
δ(z) = = D,
rA (z) r (z)
where z
dz 0 z
Z Z
c 3 2c 1
r (z) = c = (1 + z)− 2 = [1 − (1 + z)− 2 ] ,
0 H(z 0 ) H0 0 H0
so
H0 D 1+z
δ(z) = .
2c 1 − (1 + z)− 12
This can be shown to have a minimum at z ∗ = 5/4.
We have nνe = nνµ = . . . = (3/11)nγ , where nγ and nνe , nνµ , . . . are the number
densities of relic photons and relic neutrinos, respectively, and today we have
.
nγ = 410 cm−3 . Assuming that relic neutrinos are the sole component of dark matter in
our universe, find the sum m0 = mνe ,0 + mνµ ,0 + . . . of the rest masses of all neutrino
species. Write your answer in eV/c 2 .
We have nνe = nνµ = . . . = (3/11)nγ , where nγ and nνe , nνµ , . . . are the number
densities of relic photons and relic neutrinos, respectively, and today we have
.
nγ = 410 cm−3 . Assuming that relic neutrinos are the sole component of dark matter in
our universe, find the sum m0 = mνe ,0 + mνµ ,0 + . . . of the rest masses of all neutrino
species. Write your answer in eV/c 2 .
Solution: we have
Current density of relic neutrinos:
3
ρν = ρνe + ρνµ + . . . = mνe ,0 nνe + mνµ ,0 nνµ + . . . = nγ m0 ,
11
(entropy conservation for e+ e− → 2γ)
The universe is flat =⇒ ρc = 3H02 /(8πG ).
Dark matter consists of neutrinos only =⇒ ρν = ρDM
3 3XH02 11XH02 .
ρν = nγ m0 = X ρc = =⇒ m0 = = 11 eV/c 2 .
11 8πG 8πGnγ
This gives an upper bound (Gershtein–Zeldovich)
Consider a star with magnitude m = 0 mag and zero radial speed. What would be the
magnitude if we started moving towards the star at speed v = 0.5c?
How long would it take to accelerate a solar sail with m = 1 g to v = 0.2c with a
100 GW laser?