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Second semester of a course of cosmology. Cosmological epochs; physics of the early Universe;
nucleosynthesis; very early Universe; theory of galaxy formation; cosmic microwave background
radiation anisotropy. Intended primarily for master and PhD students of astronomy and astrophysics,
theoretical physics and particle and nuclear physics. Knowledge of the general theory of relativity
at the level of NTMF111 (General theory of relativity) course is assumed. Emphasis is put on the cosmological
aspects of the
astronomical observations.
Last update: Vokrouhlický David, prof. RNDr., DrSc. (29.04.2019)
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Oral examination. Last update: Mészáros Attila, doc. RNDr., DrSc. (07.06.2019)
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E. W. Kolb, M. S. Turner (1990, 2018). The Early Universe. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group. J. A. Peacock (1999). Cosmological Physics. Cambridge University Press. P. J. E. Peebles (1971, 2015). Physical Cosmology. Princeton University Press. P. J. E. Peebles (1980). The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe. Princeton University Press. P. J. E. Peebles (1993). Principles of Physical Cosmology. Princeton University Press. Ya. B. Zeldovich, I. D. Novikov (1983). Relativistic Astrophysics, 2: The Structure and Evolution of the Universe. University of Chicago Press. Last update: Haas Jaroslav, RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
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Lecture. Last update: Haas Jaroslav, RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
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The exam consists of an oral part, only. The students are given two or three questions from the topics covered in the lectures and some time to prepare the answers. These are then discussed with the examiner. Last update: Haas Jaroslav, RNDr., Ph.D. (13.10.2017)
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Cosmological epochs -- radiation-dominated era and matter-dominated era; recombination.
Physics of the early Universe -- cosmic microwave background radiation; thermal history of the early Universe; entropy; neutrinos.
Nucleosynthesis -- importance of the neutron-to-proton ratio; synthesis of helium and other elements; importance of deuterium; first three minutes.
Very early Universe -- Planck epoch; Big Bang; origin of the matter-anti-matter antisymmetry; anihilation and creation; inflationary Universe; observational tests of the theory of inflation.
Theory of galaxy formation -- Jeans theory; adiabatic and entropic perturbations; Bonnor theory; role and nature of the dark matter; mass of neutrinos; comparison with the observational data.
Cosmic microwave background radiation anisotropy -- observations; dipole anisotropy; relation of the cosmic microwave background radiation and the special theory of relativity; Sachs-Wolfe effect; Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. Last update: Haas Jaroslav, RNDr., Ph.D. (14.01.2019)
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