Course Overview

General Relativity and Cosmology – Geometry and Line Element - The Smooth Expanding Universe - Cosmological Parameters, Lookback Time - Age of the Universe – Luminosity Distance - Supernovas and the Accelerating Universe - Angular Diameter Distance – ΛCDM and Alternative Models - Radiation Phase: Nucleossynthesis - Cosmic Relics – Horizons - Flatness and other Problems - Inflationary Scenarios – Baryogenesis - The Perturbed Expanding Universe - Galaxy Formation - Cosmic Background Radiation (CMB) and Power Spectrum.

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Competence

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Course type

Online Course Requirement

Instructor

Jos_ Ademir Sales de Lima

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