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B016319 - COSMOLOGY
Main information
Teaching Language
Learning Objectives
Course Content
Prerequisites
Teaching Methods
Type of Assessment
Course program
Suggested readings
Further information
Academic Year 2012-13
Course year
First year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Physics and Astronomy
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
FIS/05 - ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Credits
6
Teaching Hours
48
Teaching Term
04/03/2013 ⇒ 14/06/2013
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Learning Objectives
Knowledge acquired: the physical bases of cosmology and structure formation with special regard to galaxy formation.
Competence acquired: to be able to perform simple analyses of observations and built simple physical models related to structure and galaxy formation.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): to be able to follow seminars and read literature papers; to be able to perform simple analysis and physical modeling of observational data related to structure and galaxy formation.
Competence acquired: to be able to perform simple analyses of observations and built simple physical models related to structure and galaxy formation.
Skills acquired (at the end of the course): to be able to follow seminars and read literature papers; to be able to perform simple analysis and physical modeling of observational data related to structure and galaxy formation.
Course Content (Search our library's catalogue)
The observational and theoretical bases of Cosmology. The thermal history of the universe. Nucleosynthesis. The growth of perturbations and the fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background.
Prerequisites
Courses required: none
Courses recommended:
Astrofisica
Courses recommended:
Astrofisica
Teaching Methods
CFU: 6
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc.): 150
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Total hours of the course (including the time spent in attending lectures, seminars, private study, examinations, etc.): 150
Contact hours for: Lectures (hours): 48
Type of Assessment
Exam modality: oral examination
Course program
Observational bases of cosmology: large scale structure, cosmic microwave background, Hubble Law. Theoretical bases: curvature of space and metrics, Friedman’s equation and their properties, cosmological parameters. The thermal history of the universe. Nucleosynthesis. The build up and evolution of primordial fluctuations. The importance of dark matter. Recombination: the cosmic microwave backgrounds and its fluctuations.
Suggested readings
M. Longair “Galaxy Formation”, Springer
Further information
Office hours:
On request
Prof. Alessandro Marconi
Physics & Astronomy Department
e-mail:
alessandro.marconi@unifi.it or
marconi@arcetri.astro.it
tel: 055 2055227
http://www.arcetri.astro.it/~marconi/Home_Page/Cosmologia/Cosmologia.html
On request
Prof. Alessandro Marconi
Physics & Astronomy Department
e-mail:
alessandro.marconi@unifi.it or
marconi@arcetri.astro.it
tel: 055 2055227
http://www.arcetri.astro.it/~marconi/Home_Page/Cosmologia/Cosmologia.html