AS7009 Cosmology, 7.5 hp, Fall 2008
Literature:	Barbara Ryden, 2002, "Introduction To Cosmology",  Pearson Higher Education ISBN 0805389121
Contents:	The world models of general relativity, cosmic expansion, thermodynamics and nucleosynthesis in the early Universe, dark matter and dark energy, methods for measuring cosmological parameters, structure formation, the cosmic microwave background radiation, inflation.
Prerequisites:	Knowledge corresponding to the first two years of a Bachelor's degree in physics, or similar.
Examination:	Written test, literature report and hand-in exercises.
Teacher:	Erik Zackrisson, ez(at)astro.su.se, phone: 08-5537 8556
Time:	November-December 2008
If you are interested in participating, please notify Erik Zackrisson as soon as possible!

Schedule (preliminary)

Date	Time	Room	Lecture/ Exercise session/ Seminar	Topics	To read	To turn in
Nov 4	10-12	FC61	Lecture 1	Course information Course overview Cosmic epochs	Chapter 1
Nov 6	10-12	FC61	Lecture 2	Cosmological principle Cosmic expansion General relativity Metrics	Chapter 2 + first half of chapter 3
Nov 11	10-12	FC61	Lecture 3	Robertson-Walker metric Proper distance Cosmic dynamics	Second half of chapter 3 + chapter 4
Nov 13	10-12	FC61	Lecture 4	Dynamics with single and multiple components Concordance cosmology Fate of the Universe	Chapters 5 + 6
Nov 18	10-12	FC61	Lecture 5	Measuring cosmological parameters Dark energy	Chapter 7
Nov 18	13-15	Far-east lounge	Exercise session I	Exercises 1-6
Nov 20	10-12	FC61	Lecture 6	Dark matter	Chapter 8
Nov 24 Note: Monday!	10-12	Far-east lounge	Exercise session II	Exercises 7-12
Nov 25	10-12	FC61	Lecture 7	Cosmic microwave background radiation	Chapter 9	Hand-in exercises 1-3
Nov 27	10-12	FC61	Lecture 8	Big bang nucleosynthesis The early Universe	Chapter 10
Dec 2	10-12	FC61	Lecture 9	Inflation	Chapter 11
Dec 2	13-15	Far-east lounge	Exercise session III	Exercises 13-18		Hand-in exercises 4-6
Dec 4	10-12	FC61	Lecture 10	Structure formation	Chapter 12	Written report
Dec 9	10-12	FC61	Oral reports I			Hand-in exercises 7-9
Dec 11	10-12	FC61	Oral reports II
Dec 19	09-14	FC61	Written exam
Jan 20	09-14	FC61	Reexam

Examination

· Written exam

· Hand in-exercises (non-compulsory)

· Written essay (minimum 3 pages) + oral presentation (10 minutes)      

Course material

· Exercises

· Hand-outs: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9, L10