COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is an introduction to modern cosmology. It will cover the theory of relativistic cosmology (Friedman equations, hot big bang, nucleosynthesis, cosmic background radiation, dark matter and dark energy). Only the basics of structure formation will be covered, these will be treated in detail in the course on Large Scale Structure & Galaxy Formation. Throughout, both the theory and observational tests will be covered.
Prerequisites: Bachelor courses Galaxies and Cosmology and Radiative Processes
Textbooks: "An Introduction to Modern Cosmology" by Andrew Liddle (2nd edition)
"Introduction to Cosmology" by Barbara Ryden
"Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure" by Peter Coles and Francesco Lucchin
"Cosmological Physics" by John Peacock