Course Identification

Title:

Cosmology

Code:

20251012

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Lecturers:

Prof. Eli Waxman, Prof. Doron Kushnir

TA's:

N/A

Course Schedule and Location

Year:

2025

Semester:

Second Semester

When / Where:

Sunday, 11:15 - 13:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B
Tuesday, 09:15 - 11:00, Weissman, Seminar Rm B

Tutorials
Tuesday, 14:15 - 16:00,

First Lecture:

06/04/2025

End date:

08/07/2025

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

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

Comments

The tutorials will take place in the Astro seminar room

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)

3

Syllabus

· Introduction: content and state of the Universe, observational probes of expansion

· Introduction to GR, Einstein's equations, FRW solution, Friedmann's equations

· The cosmic microwave radiation background, recombination and last scattering

· Thermodynamics of expanding Universe, thermal history, Big-bang nucleosynthesis, cold dark matter

· Cosmological perturbation theory: growth of structure, matter power spectrum, cosmic microwave background anisotropies

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

N/A