ASTR6599: Cosmology
Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisites: statistical physics, quantum mechanics, and electromagnetic theory.
Typically offered: Spring
Crosslisted with: PHY 6599
Intended to provide a detailed theoretical development of current ideas in cosmology. Topics include Big Bang cosmology and universe's matter content; a cosmological chronology very early universe, symmetry breaking, inflationary scenarios, nucleosynthesis, recombination, growth of irregularities, galaxy formation and clustering, dark energy; current and future cosmological observational approaches.
