Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 8.942 (Fall 2001) 
• Course Title:
• Cosmology 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Physics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Edmund Bertschinger 
• Course Introduction:
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  8.942 Cosmology
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2001

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course includes extensive readings with many downloadable technical papers, as well as problem sets.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course provides an overview of astrophysical cosmology with emphasis on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) radiation, galaxies and related phenomena at high redshift, and cosmic structure formation. Additional topics include cosmic inflation, nucleosynthesis and baryosynthesis, quasar (QSO) absorption lines, and gamma-ray bursts. Some background in general relativity is assumed.