ASTRO 430 - Physical Cosmology

3 units (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)

Observational cosmology; geometry and matter content of the Universe; physical processes in the early stages of the Universe; inflation, Big Bang nucleosynthesis and the cosmic microwave background radiation; cosmological aspects of galaxy formation and the growth of large-scale structure. Prerequisites: PHYS 310, MA PH 251 or MATH 201 or MATH 334 or MATH 336. Corequisite: PHYS 458.