Big Bang — Origins of the Universe is an interactive journey through the first 380,000 years of the universe. The visualization is based on a data model of energy, density, and particle abundances and presents the latest findings of particle physics and cosmology in an innovative way.
The visualization is part of the exhibition The beginning of everything—about galaxies, quarks, and collisions that can be visited in the Natural History Museum Vienna from October 19th 2016 to May 1st 2017.
Initiator / Commissioner
HEPHY — Institute of High Energy Physics of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, www.hephy.at
Idea & Concept
Julian Roedelius & Nadja Schmidt, www.visuelles.org
Scientific Concept & Curating
Helmut Eberl, Wolfgang Lucha, Josef Pradler, www.hephy.at
Coordination & Project Management
Nadja Schmidt, www.visuelles.org
Coordination & Project Management – Commissioner
Brigitte De Monte, www.hephy.at
Scientific Consulting & Data
Josef Pradler, supported by Jens Chluba (recombination data), www.hephy.at
Texts & Editing
Josef Pradler, supported by Brigitte De Monte, Helmut Eberl, and Wolfgang Lucha, www.hephy.at
Translation
Josef Pradler, www.hephy.at
Design & Programming
Julian Roedelius, www.visuelles.org
Implementation Exhibit Object
Touchscreen & hardware — www.visuelles.org
Frame construction — Natural History Museum Vienna
Recombination data courtesy of Jens Chluba, based on: J. Chluba and R. M. Thomas, “Towards a complete treatment of the cosmological recombination problem”, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 412, 748 (2011)
Nucleosynthesis data courtesy of Josef Pradler, based on: M. Pospelov and J. Pradler, “Bang Nucleosynthesis as a Probe of New Physics”, Annual Reviews of Nuclear and Particle Science 60, 539-568 (2010)
Cosmic Microwave Background data courtesy of the Planck Satellite Mission, based on: R.Adam et al., “Planck 2015 results. IX. Diffuse component separation: CMB maps“, Astronomy & Astrophysics 594, A9 (2016)