Cosmology 1104-5`Kosm
Modern methods in observational cosmology; recent results. Theory of structure formation in an homogeneous cosmological model. First astronomical objects. Secondary ionization. The role of neutral hydrogen. The large scale structure. CMB anisotropy; theory and observations. Testing cosmological models. The nature of dark matter; the nature of dark energy.
Main fields of studies for MISMaP
astronomy
Mode
Prerequisites (description)
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
After the lectures a student:
-knows the problems of contemporary cosmology
-understands the role of different kinds of observations in the verification of cosmological models
-uses the relevant astronomical databases
-is able to obtain basic characteristics of a chosen population of objects (luminosity function, autocorrelation function etc)
-is able to calculate the relations between observable quantities resulting from a simple cosmological model
Assessment criteria
An open test
Practical placement
N/A
Bibliography
1. P.J.E. Peebles "Principles of Physical Cosmology", Princeton University Press, 1993
2. J.A. Peacock "Cosmological Physics", Cambridge University Press, 1999
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