Cosmology I fall 07

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Cosmology Ifall 07

• (3 sw, 5 ECTS cr), period I. Mon 14-16, Tue
  12-14 in A315. Lecturer Kari Enqvist. First
  lecture 3.9. Examination Tue 23.10., 9-13
  lecture hall D101
• Exercises (weight20) Fri 10-12 Lotta Mether

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key issues

• expansion of the universe (General relativity
  GR)
• Friedmann eqs
• thermal history (statistical physics)
• equation of state, statistics, decoupling of
  particle species
• dark matter (DM)
• cold, hot, baryonic
• nucleosynthesis
• Cosmic microwave background (CMB)

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• CMB perturbations
• Inflation
• Dark energy

Cosmology II