Text
An Introduction to Modern Cosmology, 2nd edition by Andrew Liddle.
It's published by Wiley, available at Water Street Books, Amazon.com, or other outlets.
Click here
for the text website; here
is a list of errors in the second edition. There will also be readings
from Foundations of Modern Cosmology by Hawley & Holcomb, which
will be on reserve in Schow, along with a selection of other useful
books.
Topics to be Covered
Introduction & History
Newtonian Gravity
The Friedmann Equation
Cosmological Models & Geometry
The Cosmological Constant
The Age of the Universe
Dark Matter
Dark Energy; The Accelerating Universe
The Early Universe
Nucleosynthesis
The Cosmic Microwave Background
Galaxy/QSO Surveys
Inflation
The Origin of Structure
Assignments
419T Week 9 219T Week 9
419T Week 10 219T Week 10
Course Links
Here is a page with links relevant to
this course.
Grading
The final course grade will be calculated as follows:
30% written papers
30% presentation of papers
30% response to partner's presentations
10% growth in understanding over the semester.
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