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Department of Chemistry
open physics
KVL / Klausuren / MAP 1st HS: 17.10  2nd HS: 12.12  sem.br.: 20.02  begin SS: 16.04

4020225189 Cosmology (Observational)      VVZ  

VL
Fri 11-13
weekly NEW 14 3'12 (40) Jakob Nordin
UE
Fri 13-15
14-day NEW 14 3'12 (40) Jakob Nordin

Präsenzkurs

classroom language
DE
aims
Students will at the end of the course be familiar with how the Universe can be used as a laboratory to probe fundamental physics, and why such observations have led to our current worldview based on the Big Bang, dark matter and dark energy.

Exercises will develop data analysis methods applicable to most research areas.
requirements
This course assumes some familiarity with statistical tests, and a background knowledge in astronomy is advantageous. A previous course in General Relativity is *not* required.

Exercises will carried out through python notebooks.
structure / topics / contents
Cosmology is one of the most active research areas within modern physics and astronomy.

Topics of the course in Observational Cosmology include:
- How supernovae can be used as cosmological lighthouses to measure the accelerated expansion of the Universe caused by dark energy.
- How elemental abundances observed today can be used to constrain physics right after the Big Bang, at energy scales inaccessible in labs at earth.
- What dynamics of moving astronomical objects tell us about the presence of dark matter.
- How the structure we observe around us developed from primordial quantum fields.

We will also review theory, based in General Relativity, that allows us to measure the Universe at large scale.
assigned modules
P25.1.c
amount, credit points; Exam / major course assessment
3 SWS, 6 SP/ECTS (Arbeitsanteil im Modul für diese Lehrveranstaltung, nicht verbindlich)
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