ASTR UN3602
PHYSICAL COSMOLOGY
CC/GS: Partial Fulfillment of Science Requirement Prerequisites: one year of calculus-based general physics. The standard hot big bang cosmological model and modern observational results that test it. Topics include the Friedmann equations and the expansion of the universe, dark matter, dark energy, inflation, primordial nucleosynthesis, the cosmic microwave background, the formation of large-scale cosmic structures, and modern cosmological observations.
Topics
- the Friedmann equations and the expansion of the universe
- dark matter
- dark energy
- inflation
- primordial nucleosynthesis
- the cosmic microwave background
- the formation of large-scale cosmic structures
- and modern cosmological observations
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027