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.
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3701 , PHYS 3606 or PHYS 3608 , and PHYS 2401 or PHYS 4409 , or permission of the Department. ( PHYS 3606 or PHYS 3608 and PHYS 4409 may be taken concurrently).
Conditions and arrangements
- Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3701 , PHYS 3606 or PHYS 3608 , and PHYS 2401 or PHYS 4409 , or permission of the Department. ( PHYS 3606 or PHYS 3608 and PHYS 4409 may be taken concurrently).
- Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 5402 , for which additional credit is precluded.
- Lectures three hours per week.
Reference text in its original language
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.
- Prerequisite(s): PHYS 3701 , PHYS 3606 or PHYS 3608 , and PHYS 2401 or PHYS 4409 , or permission of the Department. ( PHYS 3606 or PHYS 3608 and PHYS 4409 may be taken concurrently).
- Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as PHYS 5402 , for which additional credit is precluded.
- Lectures three hours per week.
Sources and references
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