PHYS 6599
Cosmology
This course explores modern cosmology, covering the Big Bang theory, the universe’s matter content, and its evolution. Topics include the early universe, symmetry breaking, inflation, nucleosynthesis, recombination, structure formation, galaxy clustering, and dark energy. Students will also examine current and future observational techniques in cosmology.
Prerequisites & course information
statistical physics, quantum mechanics, and electromagnetic theory courses.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027
- Catalogue entry ↗
Catalogue variants
- Cosmology · 3.0 · Graduate