Content:
Foundations of modern Cosmology. Methods of observation, distance measurement and
distance scales, elements of general relativity, homogeneous-isotropic
cosmological spacetime models, cosmological standard model (Lambda-CDM), thermal evolution, nucleosynthesis,
recombination, horizon problem, sketch of inflationary model, cosmological fluctuations
webpage: https://www.physik.uni-leipzig.de/~verch/Cosmo-20.html
Lectures:
Prof. R. Verch
Mon 13.30-15.00 and Wed 15.15-16.45, ITP, Brüderstr. 16, SemRm 114 (to be confirmed)
Semester: ST 2020