PHYS 4071 - Big Bang Cosmology and Inflation

Course last offered 

 :   

 Spring 2018/19

Instructor(s)

 :

 LIU Tao

No. of credits

 :

3



Teaching Pattern

  • Duration of course: about 13 weeks

  • Lecture hour(s) per week: 3

 

Content

In this course, a systematic introduction to modern cosmology will be provided, with the topics including:

 

  • Robertson-Walker metric and Friedmann equation

  • spacetime evolution of the Universe

  • thermal history of the Universe

  • Big-Bang nucleosynthesis

  • cosmic microwave background

  • dark matter and dark energy

  • Inflation

 

It aims at enabling students to catch up with the progress in cosmology in a timely way, and appreciate the beauty of the science on the Universe.

 

Remarks

  • Exclusion: PHYS 4054
  • Prerequisite: PHYS 2022 AND (PHYS2124 OR MATH2351 OR MATH2352)