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Cosmology, 10 hp,
Fall 2015 |
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Literature: |
Barbara Ryden, "Introduction To Cosmology",
either the edition from 2002/2003 or 2013 (the content is identical) |
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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. |
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Prerequisites: |
Knowledge
corresponding to a Bachelor's degree in physics, or similar. |
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Examination: |
Seminars,
literature report and hand-in exercises. |
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Teacher: |
Erik Zackrisson, erik.zackrisson(at)physics.uu.se,
phone: 018-471 5975 |
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Time: |
November-January 2015 |
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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/ |
Topics |
To read |
To turn in/prepare |
Nov 10 |
15-17 |
Å12167 |
Lecture 1 |
Course
information Course
overview Cosmic
epochs |
Chapter 1 |
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Nov 12 |
10-12 |
ITC2214 |
Lecture 2 |
Cosmological
principle Cosmic
expansion General
relativity Metrics |
Chapter 2
+ first half of chapter 3 |
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Nov 13 |
10-12 |
Å4006 |
Lecture 3 |
Robertson-Walker
metric Proper
distance Cosmic
dynamics |
Second half of chapter 3 + chapter 4 |
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Nov 17 |
10-12 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 4 |
Dynamics
with single and multiple components |
Chapters 5 + 6 |
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Nov 20 |
10-12 |
Å4006 |
Lecture 5
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Measuring
cosmological parameters Dark
energy |
Chapter 7 |
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Nov 24 |
13-15 |
Å4005 |
Exercise session I |
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Nov 26 |
15-17 |
Å80115 |
Seminar I |
Common
misconceptions about modern cosmology |
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See
instructions for seminar I |
Dec 1 |
10-12 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 6 |
Dark
matter |
Chapter 8 |
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Dec 3 |
13-15 |
Å80105 |
Lecture 7 |
Cosmic
microwave background radiation |
Chapter 9
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Dec 4 |
10-12 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 8 |
Big bang
nucleosynthesis The early
Universe |
Chapter
10-11 |
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Dec 11 |
13-15 |
Å80115 |
Exercise session II |
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Dec 15 |
10-13 |
Å6K113 |
Seminar II |
Parallel Universes |
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See
instructions for seminar II |
Dec 17 |
10-12 |
Å80109 |
Lecture 9 |
Structure
formation |
Chapter 12 |
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Jan 8 |
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Written
literature report |
Jan 13 |
13-15 |
Å11167 |
Seminar III |
Strange
Universe |
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See
instructions for seminar III |
Jan 14 |
10-12 |
Å12167 |
Oral reports I |
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Oral
literature report |
Jan 15 |
10-12 |
Å11167 |
Oral reports II |
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Oral
literature report |
Jan 22 |
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Hand-in exercises |
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Three seminars
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Six hand in-exercises
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Written essay
(minimum 3 pages) + oral presentation (10 minutes)
Course
material
· Seminar instructions: I, II, III
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Exercises (including
hand-ins)
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Lecture notes: L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, L8, L9
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Matlab
code for numerical integration
Errata
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None so far