Course teacher(s)
Thomas HAMBYE (Coordinator) and Laura LOPEZ HONOREZECTS credits
5
Language(s) of instruction
french
Course content
This is an introduction to modern cosmology.There are essentially three parts:1. Introduction: observations and basic equations2. The early universe: nucleosynthesis, CMB3. Mordern topics: structures formation, dark matter, inflationThe course is accessible to a broad audience but is oriented toward aspects at the interface between cosmology and high energy physics and fundamental interactions.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
Elementary cosmology is easy but requires to put together concepts from various fields of physics. The course emphasizes this unity.
Teaching methods and learning activities
Lectures + readings + exercices
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
Modern cosmology, S. DodelsonThe Early Universe, R. Kolb and M. TurnerGravitation, S. Weinberg
Other information
Contacts
mtytgat@ulb.ac.be
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Other