Astrophysics IV

Observational cosmology

Spring semester 2018

Teacher: Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib 
Assistants: Dr. Jonathan BlazekMladen Ivkovic,  Dr. Anand Raichoor

SCHEDULE:

Lectures : Wednesday 8:15 – 10:00 ELE111
Exercises : Wednesday 10:15 – 12:00 ELE111

INFORMATIONS:

This course is forseen for students in the 8th semester of Physics. The course is given in english. Course description (pdf) from the EPFL course book, including references.

COURSE SCHEDULE AND DOCUMENTS

Date Subjects
1 20.02.2019 Historical Perspective of Cosmology
2 27.02.2019 Contents and Properties of the Observable Universe – 1
3 06.03.2019 Contents and Properties of the Observable Universe – 2
4 13.03.2019 Basics of Modern Cosmology – 1
5 20.03.2019 Basics of Modern Cosmology – 2
6 27.03.2019 Basics of Modern Cosmology – 3
7 03.04.2019 The Matter Content in the Universe
8 10.04.2019 The Intervening Universe
9 17.04.2019 Gravitational Lensing – 1
10 01.05.2019 Gravitational Lensing – 2
11 08.05.2019 Gravitational Lensing – 3
12 15.05.2019 The Cosmic Microwave background
13 22.05.2019 Inhomogeneities in the Universe
14 29.05.2019 Gravitational Waves and Future Cosmological Experiments