ASTR 122Physical Cosmology
An exploration of topics in modern cosmology. Topics covered include measuring cosmological distances, age, density, and size of the universe; the Big Bang and inflation; primordial nucleosynthesis, the origin and fluctuations of the cosmic microwave background; dark matter, dark energy, and the formation of galaxies and large-scale structure in an expanding universe.
Prerequisites
From the catalog: “PHYS 2A/2AR-B-C-D or 4A-B-C-D-E.”
Where it sits in degree plans
Required in (1)
- Astrophysical Sciences
One of the options in (1)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics