Cosmology

Dr. Julian Rautenberg

Vorlesung und Übung (V3Ü1).

WUSEL-Eintrag

Termin Vorlesung:

Di. 14:00-16:00, F.13.11

Termin Übung:

Mo. 14:00-15:00, F.13.15

Exercises: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13

An introduction to modern cosmology

A. R. Liddle

Wiley 2003

73 VEQ1918

Cosmology

M. Rowan-Robinson

Clarendon Press 2003

73 VEQ1112

An invitation to astrophysics

T. Padmanabhan

World Scientific 2006

73 VDA1736

An introduction to the science of cosmolog

Peacock, John A

Cambridge Univ. Press 2003

73 VEQ1887

Cosmology

S. Weinberg

Oxford Univ. Press 2008

73 VEQ1968

Modern cosmology

S. Dodelson

Acad. Press 2007

91 VEQ1926

An introduction to modern astrophysics

B. W. Carroll, D. A. Ostlie

Addison-Wesley 1996

73 VDA1689

Der neue Kosmos

A. Unsöld, B. Baschek

Springer 2002

73 VAP1179

1. History (16.10.2018 Slides, Script)
2. Astronomical Observables
   1. Coordinate Systems
   2. Magnitude (23.10.2018 Slides, Script)
   3. Distance Measurement (30.10.2018 Slides, Script)
   4. Redshift
   5. Hubble Expansion
3. Newton Universe
   1. Olber's Paradoxon (06.11.2018 Script)
   2. Cosmological Principles
   3. Scaling Factor
   4. Expansion & Redshift
4. Metric of Space-Time
   1. Co-moving Variables
   2. Friedmann Equation
   3. Fluid Equation
   4. Acceleration Equation (13.11.2018)
   5. Flat, spherical & hyperbolic Geometry
   6. Friedman-Equation from GR (20.11.2018 Slides)
   7. Minkowski Metric (27.11.2018 Script, Slides)
   8. Robertson-Walker Metric
5. Simple Models and observational Parameters
   1. Light propagation and Redshift
   2. Cosmological dynamic under radiation and matter
   3. Cosmological dynamic under curvature (04.12.2018 Script, Slides)
   4. Density Parameter
   5. Deceleration Parameter
   6. Luminosity Distance
   7. Angular diameter distance
   8. Source counting
6. Cosmological Constant (11.12.2018 Script, Slides)
   1. Extension of equations with Λ
   2. Historical context
   3. Dynamic of the Universe with Λ
   4. Effect of Λ on luminosity and angular diameter distance
7. Age estimation
   1. Hubble time (18.12.2018 Script, Slides)
   2. Age of Solar System
   3. Age of our Galaxy
   4. Stellar evolution of globular cluster
8. The early Universe
   1. Radiation under adiabatic expansion
   2. Transition from radiation- to matter-dominated Universe
   3. Hot Big Bang (08.01.2019 Script, Slides)
   4. Big Bang Nulearsynthesis
   5. Decoupling of radiation and matter (15.01.2019 Script, Slides)
   6. Cosmic mirowave background
   7. CMB anisotropy (22.01.2019 Script, Slides)
   8. CMB polarization
9. Inflation
   1. Flatness problem
   2. Horizon problem
   3. Relic particle abundances