Course Identification

Title:

Cosmology

Code:

20181042

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Eli Waxman, Prof. Doron Kushnir

TA's:

Dr. Nitsan Bar

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2018

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 14:15 - 16:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B
Tuesday, 14:15 - 16:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B

Tutorials
Tuesday, 16:15 - 17:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B

First Lecture:

18/03/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Physical Sciences: Seminar; Elective; 5.00 points
Chemical Sciences: Seminar; Elective; 5.00 points

Comments

Prerequisites

Statistical Mechanics

Restrictions

Participants:

50

Language of Instruction

English

Attendance and participation

Expected and Recommended

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

Assignments:

50%

Seminar:

50%

Evaluation Type

Seminar

Scheduled date 1

Date / due date

N/A

Location

N/A

Time

-

Remarks

N/A

Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

2

Syllabus

Introduction: content and state of the Universe, observational probes of expansion
Introduction to GR, Einstein's equations, FRW solution, Friedmann's equations
Horizons and the horizon problem
Thermodynamics of expanding Universe, thermal history
- Big-bang nucleosynthesis, origin of the light elements
- Matter anti-matter asymmetry
Electroweak phase transition in the early Universe
The cosmological constant (problem)
Cosmological perturbation theory: growth of structure, matter power spectrum, cosmic microwave background anistropies

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course students should be able to:

Demonstrate understanding of the global structure of the Universe.

Reading List

N/A

Website

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