Cosmology

Diploma(s)

Master ICFP

M1 ICFP

Place

ENS-PSL

Fall semester

Level Master 1 3 ECTS - English

Instructor(s) Cédric Deffayet ( ENS-PSL CNRS PSL University )

Teaching Assistant Cédric Deffayet ( ENS-PSL CNRS PSL University )

Contact - Education office

Tél : 01 44 32 35 60
enseignement@phys.ens.fr

ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre (CEA Paris-Saclay), G. Anselmi, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

The M1 cosmology lecture gives an introduction to cosmology: a branch of (astro)physics which deals with the universe at the largest observable scales as well as its history. It lasts a total of 32 hours (lectures and exercises included) and uses elements of General Relativity which will be reminded but not introduced in detail. It is taught in english.

Program

1. The observed universe: a brief survey of the content of the universe relevant for cosmology and the way it is observed.

2. A General Relativity toolkit for cosmology.

3. The expanding universe.

4. Distance measures and the content of the universe.

5. The hot Big-Bang.

6. Beyond the cosmological standard model.

Evaluation

Oral exam

Prerequisites

Astrophysics

Relativity