Astronomy 873: Cosmology and Structure Formation
Fall 2007

Items handed out in class

• Course Syllabus
• Problem Set 1
• Problem Set 2
• Problem Set 3
• Problem Set 4
• Problem Set 5
• Problem Set 6

Lecture notes

All notes are in pdf.

• I. Observational Basis of the Standard Model
• II. General Relativity
• An extended version of the relativity notes from an earlier incarnation of the course.
• III. Homogeneous Cosmological Models
• IV. The Cosmic Microwave Background
• V. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
• VI. The Thermal History of the Universe
• VII. Inflation
• VIII. Linear Fluctuations
• IX. Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies