Admission requirements
None.
Description
The purpose of this course is to provide a general overview of the observational basis for our modern view of cosmology. This course will include a significant discussion of the major tests used to establish the age of the universe; the Hubble constant; the dark matter, dark energy, and baryonic content of the universe; the matter power spectrum; and the ‘w’ parameter. This course is being designed to complement “Origin and Evolution of the Universe.”
Course objectives
The primary objectives of this course are for students to be learn the general observational techniques and physical principles for making a wide variety of inferences about the current state, evolution, and origin/age of the universe.
Timetable
See MSc schedules
Mode of instruction
Lectures.
Assessment method
Written exam.
Blackboard
No.
Reading list
- Observational Cosmology, 2010, Stephen Serjeant (Cambridge University Press)
Registration
Via uSis
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Contact information
Lecturer: Dr. R.J. (Rychard) Bouwens
Assistant: Aayush Saxena, MSc
Remarks
None.