College Bulletin 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ASTR 129. Cosmology
Cosmology is the study of the overall structure, history, and future evolution of the universe. This seminar will cover the following topics: the distance ladder; Hubble’s law; Einstein’s general theory of relativity; Friedmann models of the Universe; high-red-shift supernovae; the cosmic microwave background; dark matter and dark energy; the early universe including big bang nucleosynthesis and inflation; the age of the universe and the “Cosmic Concordance.”
Prerequisite: ASTR 016 , or PHYS 013 and PHYS 017 .
Natural science and engineering.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: Physics and Astronomy
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/physics-astronomy
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