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PHYS316
Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology
(3 credits)

Prerequisite: PHYS 122.

Overview

An introduction to modern cosmology including evidence the big bang and the expanding universe, the formation of light elements in the early universe, the effect of dark matter on the formation of large-scale structure in the universe and galaxy motions, gravitational lenses, observations of quasars, the intergalactic medium, measurement of cosmological parameters.

Next/Current Run of this Course

2006 Fall
by Dr Volker Beckmann
Course WWW Site

Syllabus

incomplete

Previous Runs of this Course

2005 Sprg Georganpopoulos Course Notes
2004 Fall Henriksen
2003 Sprg Turner Course Notes
2002 Sprg George Course Notes
2001 Sprg Henriksen
2000 Fall Henriksen


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