PHYS-4654: Modern Cosmology
Description: Survey of our current understanding of the origin, evolution, and fate of the Universe. Observational evidence behind the idea of the hot Big Bang, including the linear velocity-distance law, the existence of the cosmic microwave background, and the arguments for dark matter. Physics of a dynamic, expanding Universe via the Friedman-Lemaitre- Robertson-Walker metric. Physical principles to determine the conditions in the early Universe, introducing the idea of inflation. Mechanisms driving the origin and evolution of galaxies and large-scale structures.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 9
Average GPA: 3.65 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 39.17%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%
| Duncan Farrah | 2018 | 72.8% | 27.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.66 | 5 |
| Danielle M Lucero | 2023 | 73.3% | 26.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.71 | 2 |
| Shunsaku Horiuchi | 2024 | 58.4% | 41.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.59 | 2 |