Astronomy 682: Introduction to Cosmology
Spring 2006

Important note:

Items handed out in class

• Course Syllabus
• Einstein 1905 special relativity article
• Problem Set 1, due Wednesday, April 4.
• Solution to Problem Set 1.
• Problem Set 2, due Wednesday, April 11.
• Solution to Problem Set 2.
• Problem Set 3, due Wednesday, April 18.
• Problem Set 4, due Wednesday, April 25.
• Problem Set 5, and the accompanying figure, due Friday, May 11.
• Problem Set 6, and the three accompanying figures: Figures 1 and 2, Graph 1, Graph 2. Due Wednesday, May 16.
• Problem Set 7, due Wednesday, May 23.
• Problem Set 8, due Wednesday, May 30.
• Evaluation, to be turned in at final.

Lecture notes

All notes are in pdf format.

• I. Observational Basis of the Standard Cosmological Model
• II. Spacetime and the Friedmann-Robertston-Walker Metric (Revised, April 18)
• III. Cosmic Dynamics: The Friedmann Equation (Revised, May 4).
• IV. Cosmic Expansion History. (Second-to-last section slightly revised, May 14.)
• V. The First Three Minutes (Big Bang Nucleosynthesis).
• VI. The Cosmic Microwave Background.
• VII. Inflation.
• VIII. Dark Matter.