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.
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)