Course Information of PHYS 4071 - Big Bang Cosmology and Inflation

Current / Most Recent Term:

Spring 2016/17

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Instructor(s): Tao Liu
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Teaching Pattern:
  • duration of course: about 14 weeks
  • lecture hour(s) per week: 3
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    No. of Credit(s): 3
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    Content:
  • Robertson-Walker metric and Friedmann equation
  • Spacetime evolution of the Universe & its thermal history
  • Big Bang nucleosynthesis, cosmic microwave background
  • Dark matter and dark energy
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    Remarks: Prerequisite: PHYS 2022 AND (PHYS2124 OR MATH 2351 OR MATH 2352)

    Exclusion: PHYS 4054