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PHYS-F415

Cosmologie

academic year
2023-2024

Course teacher(s)

Thomas HAMBYE (Coordinator) and Laura LOPEZ HONOREZ

ECTS credits

5

Language(s) of instruction

french

Course content

This is an introduction to modern cosmology.There are essentially three parts:1. Introduction: observations and basic equations2. The early universe: nucleosynthesis, CMB3. Mordern topics: structures formation, dark matter, inflationThe course is accessible to a broad audience but is oriented toward aspects at the interface between cosmology and high energy physics and fundamental interactions.

Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)

Elementary cosmology is easy but requires to put together concepts from various fields of physics. The course emphasizes this unity.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures + readings + exercices

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

Modern cosmology, S. DodelsonThe Early Universe, R. Kolb and M. TurnerGravitation, S. Weinberg

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Contacts

mtytgat@ulb.ac.be

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