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Tue Mar 16
| 15:15 17:00 FL72
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Matter in the Universe: stars, galaxies, clusters and
superclusters, voids, dark matter
| M.A.
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Thr Mar 18
| 13:15 15:00 FL64
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Cosmological principles,
The Robertson-Walker metric
| M.A.
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Tue Mar 23
| 15:15 17:00 FL72
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Friedman's models, cosmological
parameters
| M.A.
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Thr Mar 25
| 13:15 15:00 FL64
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Einstein and de Sitter models, steady-state cosmology
| M.A.
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No lecture on Tuesday, Mar 30
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Thr Apr 01
| 15:15 17:00 FL72
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Matter and radiation-dominated expansion
| M.A.
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No lectures till after the Easter break on Tuesday, April 20
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Tue Apr 20
| 13:15 15:00 FL72
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Observational tests of the Friedman models
| G.R.
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Thr Apr 22
| 15:15 17:00 FL64
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Recombination, the surface of last scattering
| G.R.
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Tue Apr 27
| 13:15 15:00 FL72
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Nucleosynthesis of elements
| G.R.
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Thr Apr 29
| 15:15 17:00 FL64
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Puzzles and problems: flatness, horizon
| G.R.
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Tue May 04
| 13:15 15:00 FL72
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Inflation
| G.R.
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Thr May 06
| 15:15 17:00 FL64
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Jeans instability
| G.R.
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Tue May 11
| 13:15 15:00 FL72
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Perturbations in Friedman's models,
adiabatic and isothermal fluctuations
| M.A.
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Thr May 13
| 15:15 17:00 FL64
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Hot and cold dark matter models,
clustering spectra and model predictions
| M.A.
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Tue May 18
| 13:15 15:00 FL72
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Fluctuations in cosmic background radiation, COBE, WMAP
| G.R.
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Places and dates for the exam abd essays presentations will be given later
(about two weeks before the end of the course)
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ADDITIONAL LITERATURE:
J. E. Gunn, M. S. Longair, M. J. Rees, Observational Cosmology, Saas-Fee Lectures, 1978.
E. W. Kolb & M. S. Turner, The Early Universe, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
J. D. North, The Measure of the Universe, Dover, 1990
J. A. Peacock, Cosmological Physics, Cambridge Univ Press, 1999.
P. J. E. Peebles, Physical Cosmology, Princeton Univ Press, 1971.
P. J. E. Peebles, The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe, Princeton Univ Press, 1980.
P. J. E. Peebles, Principles of Physical Cosmology, Princeton Univ Press, 1993.
M. Rowan-Robinson, Cosmology, 3rd edn., Oxford Univ Press, 1996.
SUBJECTS FOR ESSAYS:
Students may suggest their own subjects, here we give a few examples:
Observational evidence of dark matter
Possible forms of dark matter
Gravitational lenses as dark matter probe
Gamma ray bursts
Multidimensional Universe
Anthropic principle
First stars and galaxies
Evidence for decceleration of the Universe expansion
TWENTY EXAM QUESTIONS:
Two weeks before the exam, a list of twenty questions will be given here. Four of these twenty questions will be asked at the exam.
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