Course in Modern Cosmology

	Cosmology, 10 hp, Fall 2015
	Literature:	Barbara Ryden, "Introduction To Cosmology", either the edition from 2002/2003 or 2013 (the content is identical)
	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, black holes, parallel universes and alternative cosmologies.
	Prerequisites:	Knowledge corresponding to a Bachelor's degree in physics, or similar.
	Examination:	Seminars, literature report and hand-in exercises.
	Teacher:	Erik Zackrisson, erik.zackrisson(at)physics.uu.se, phone: 018-471 5975
	Time:	November-January 2015
	If you are interested in participating but did not register the formal way, please notify Erik Zackrisson as soon as possible!

Schedule
Revision Nov 19: Substantial revision of Nov 20-Dec 17 part of the schedule
Revision Nov 27: The time for seminar II has been shifted by one hour (from 9-12 to 10-13)

Date	Time	Room	Lecture/ Exercise session/ Seminar	Topics	To read (refers to 2002/2003 edition of textbook)	To turn in/prepare
Nov 10	15-17	Å12167	Lecture 1	Course information Course overview Cosmic epochs	Chapter 1
Nov 12	10-12	ITC2214	Lecture 2	Cosmological principle Cosmic expansion General relativity Metrics	Chapter 2 + first half of chapter 3
Nov 13	10-12	Å4006	Lecture 3	Robertson-Walker metric Proper distance Cosmic dynamics	Second half of chapter 3 + chapter 4
Nov 17	10-12	Å80109	Lecture 4	Dynamics with single and multiple components Concordance cosmology Fate of the Universe	Chapters 5 + 6
Nov 20	10-12	Å4006	Lecture 5	Measuring cosmological parameters Dark energy	Chapter 7
Nov 24	13-15	Å4005	Exercise session I
Nov 26	15-17	Å80115	Seminar I	Common misconceptions about modern cosmology		See instructions for seminar I
Dec 1	10-12	Å80109	Lecture 6	Dark matter	Chapter 8
Dec 3	13-15	Å80105	Lecture 7	Cosmic microwave background radiation	Chapter 9
Dec 4	10-12	Å80109	Lecture 8	Big bang nucleosynthesis The early Universe Inflation	Chapter 10-11
Dec 11	13-15	Å80115	Exercise session II
Dec 15	10-13	Å6K113	Seminar II	Parallel Universes		See instructions for seminar II
Dec 17	10-12	Å80109	Lecture 9	Structure formation	Chapter 12
Jan 8						Written literature report
Jan 13	13-15	Å11167	Seminar III	Strange Universe		See instructions for seminar III
Jan 14	10-12	Å12167	Oral reports I			Oral literature report
Jan 15	10-12	Å11167	Oral reports II			Oral literature report
Jan 22						Hand-in exercises