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\centerline{\bf ASTRO 430 - Cosmology} 
\centerline{Winter 2014}


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\item[To your attention:]
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\item[Instructor] Dmitri Pogosian\\
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	Office: & Room CCIS 4-281C\\
	Office Hours: & by appointment (i.e - drop by !)\\
	e-mail: & pogosyan@phys.ualberta.ca\\
        WWW: & \verb+www.ualberta.ca/~pogosyan+\\
	Phone: & 492-2150
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\item[Time and Place] MWF 12.00pm - 12.50 pm, CCIS L1-047

\item[Aim] Learn main principles and discoveries of cosmology, the branch of
physics which study our Universe -- its properties, structure, evolution and
origins. Cosmology is both old and modern science,
which experienced great advances in the last twenty years.  

\item[Pre(co)requisites] PHYS~310 (Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory),
MATH~334 (Introduction to Differential Equations),
PHYS~458 (Relativity).

\item[Texts]
Barbara Ryden: Introduction to Cosmology, QB 981 R93 2003 (main text)\\
John Peacock: Cosmological Physics, QB 981 P37 1999 
(very good, but advanced, reference text) \\
M.~P.~Hobson, G.~Efstathiou and A.N.~Lasenby General Relativity, Cambridge
University Press, 2006, QC~173.6~H63~2006. Chapters 14,15, perhaps 16


\item[Marking Scheme]
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	Assignments: & 36\% \\
	Midterm Test: & 20\% (date to be determined) \\
	Final Exam: & 44\% (April)
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\item[Topics in the course]  Barbara Ryden text has a very logical
structure which we shall largely follow, adding details as necessary.
The course will cover the following:

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	\item Fundamental cosmological observations.
	\item Dynamics of the space-time (with elements of General
	      Relativity).
        \item Matter content of the Universe, Cosmological parameters.
	      Evolution of cosmological models with different matter content.
	      Evidence for accelerated expansion of our Universe. 
	\item Thermal history of the Universe, Nucleosynthesis in the
	      Early Universe. Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation as evidence
	      for hot beginning.
        \item Very Early Universe. Inflationary models.
	\item Inhomogeneities and the Formation of Structure.
        \item CMB anisotropy, recent observational data and the progress in
	      determination of cosmological parameters.

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\item[Additional texts]
        A. Liddle and D. Lyth: Cosmological inflation and large-scale
        structure, QB 991 I54 L53 2000.\\
        P.J.E. Peebles: Principles of Physical Cosmology, QB 981 P424 1993.\\
	Steven Weinberg, The first three minutes, QB 981 W48 1979.

\item[Grading system]\mbox{}\\
                                                                                
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     Descriptior   &           Latter Grade  &    Grade Point Value \\
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     Excellent     &              A+         &         4.0   \\
                   &              A          &         4.0   \\
                   &              A-         &         3.7   \\
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     Good          &              B+         &         3.3   \\
                   &              B          &         3.0   \\
                   &              B-         &         2.7   \\
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     Satisfactory  &              C+         &         2.3   \\
                   &              C          &         2.0   \\
                   &              C-         &         1.7   \\
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     Poor          &              D+         &         1.3   \\
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     Minimal Pass  &              D          &         1.0   \\
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     Failure       &              F          &         0.0   \\
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