Syllabus,+Extragalactic+Astrophysics+I

Extragalactic Astrophysics I

 * 1) Observational Foundations of the Big Bang (1)
 * 2) General Relativity and Distances in an Expanding Universe (1)
 * 3) The Friedmann Equation and Cosmic Dynamics (4)
 * 4) Contents of the Universe: dark matter and dark energy (1)
 * 5) Problems with the Big Bang Model: Inflation (1)
 * 6) The Cosmic Microwave Background (2)
 * 7) Big Bang Nucleosynthesis and the Thermal History (2)
 * 8) Structure formation (gravitational instability, the power spectrum, redshift surveys) (2)
 * 9) Observations and Theory of Galaxy Evolution (4)
 * 10) Galaxy Clusters (1)
 * 11) The Intergalactic Medium (1)

Possible Texts:
 * Ryden, //Introduction to Cosmology//
 * Longair, //Galaxy Formation//
 * Mo, van den Bosch, and White, //Galaxy Formation and Evolution//