AST 5416 Cosmology & Structure Format

Covers The Evolution Of The Universe From A “hot Big Bang” To The Current Epoch. Topics Include Cosmological Expansion, The Hubble Constant And Other Cosmological Parameters, The Microwave Background Radiation, Early Universe Nucleosynthesis, The Growth Of Large-scale Structure, The “dark Ages” And The Re-ionization Of The Universe, The Horizon And Other Fine-tuning Problems, Distance Determinations, Redshift Surveys, Inflation, Cosmological Acceleration, Dark Matter & Dark Energy.