Carleton University · PHYS 5402

Cosmology

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Observational evidence for the Big Bang. Cosmological space-time, expansion dynamics and contents of the universe. Physical processes in the expanding universe, inflation, nucleosynthesis, the cosmic microwave background, dark matter, and dark energy.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 4202 , for which additional credit is precluded.
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Observational evidence for the Big Bang. Cosmological space-time, expansion dynamics and contents of the universe. Physical processes in the expanding universe, inflation, nucleosynthesis, the cosmic microwave background, dark matter, and dark energy.

  • Also offered at the undergraduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 4202 , for which additional credit is precluded.

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