| course | dates | credits |
| Foundations of Physical Cosmology | Oct 2 - Oct 22 | 2 |
| teachers | schedule | term |
| Matteo Viel | Mon, Tue, Thu 10:00 - 11:30 | 0 |
Program:
- Isotropy and homogeneity of the Universe; Hubble law; Friedmann equations in Newtonian Gravity.
- Metrics, FRW metric
- Distances
- Derivation of Friedmann equations in GR; Evolution of different models of the Universe.
- Cosmography
- Horizons
- Inflation (Baumann lectures) + working example of power law inflation with tracking solution from Weinberg book.
- Dark Matter: motivations and dark matter probes (clusters, galaxies, CMB), thermal relics and WIMP miracle.
- Dark Energy: SNe, parameterizations of DE, DE reconstruction, theoretical expectations.
- Number counts as cosmological test.
- Estimate of cluster masses from virial theorem and hydrostatic equilibrium.
- Cosmological relevance of Weak gravitational lensing (summary).
- The era of precision cosmology: Planck paper summary on cosmological parameters and DE/MG models. Role of BAOs at low redshift. Tensions between CMB and other small scales probes.
Prerequisites:
None
Books:
- Weinberg, Mukhanov, Coles & Lucchini books.
- Review on Dark Energy of Friemann; Baumann part III Cosmology course.
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