ASTR 507

Spring 2016 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 19-May 4

Physical Cosmology

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Credit: 4 hours.

A survey of the essentials of modern cosmology, providing an overview of the state of the field, of open questions, and of observational and theoretical tools. Topics include: classical cosmology--the Friedmann universe; the early universe--inflation, nucleosynthesis, dark matter; the cosmic microwave background--basic physics, anisotropies, polarization; large scale structure formation--theoretical models and observational tests; dark energy--observational evidence, theoretical ideas. Emphasizes applying physical principles to understand observations, and on using observations to constrain the nature of matter and spacetime on cosmic scales--viewing the universe as a laboratory for fundamental physics. Course work focuses heavily on problem solving.

Prerequisite: ASTR 406 or consent of instructor.

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ASTR 507 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	57083	Lecture	1	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Astronomy Building	Dalal, N	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/19/16-05/04/16 Section Info: ASTR 507 C: Cosmology We will survey the essentials of modern cosmology, providing an overview of the state of the field, of open questions, and of observational and theoretical tools. Planned topics include: classical cosmology--the Friedmann universe; the early universe--inflation, nucleosynthesis, dark matter; the cosmic microwave background--basic physics, anisotropies, polarization; large scale structure formation--theoretical and numerical models observational tests; dark energy--observational evidence, theoretical ideas. The emphasis will be on applying physical principles to understand observations, and on using observations to constrain the nature of matter and spacetime on cosmic scales--viewing the universe as a laboratory for fundamental physics. Course work will focus heavy on problem solving. The intended audience is first-year graduate students and beyond; prior knowledge of cosmology, general relativity, or particle physics is not required.