Teaching methods
- 32 hrs lecture
- 3 hrs student presentation
- 32 hrs problem session
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Objectives
The students masters the most important methodes in non-electromagnetic and emerging fields of astrophysics, in particular: - The student understands the physics of gravitational radiation
- The student understands the measurements, implications and physical settings the Cosmic Microwave background, in particular in the context of general relativity
- The student understands the physics of gravitational lensing, both in the case of microlensing, as well as on galaxy cluster scales
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Contents
Cosmology is one of the fundamental topics in modern astrophysics. In this lecture the following topics will be treated:
- the origin of density variations as seen in the micro-wave background,
- the nature and evidence for dark matter
- structure formation
- the nature and evidence for dark energy
- observations of distant supernovae Type Ia
- the theory and use of gravitational lensing (strong, weak and microlensing)
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Examination
Grading will be based on the assignments and a presentation.
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Literature
Recommended: - Peacock, Cosmological Physics, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-42270-1
- http://www.astro.ru.nl -> studiemateriaal
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Extra information
This course will be given biannually; next time again in 2011-2012
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