AST 396C/PHY 396T - Cosmology

Syllabus

[UT] AST396C/PHY396T – SPRING 2011:
ELEMENTS OF COSMOLOGY

[A&M] PHYS 689-601 – SPRING 2011:
PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

Instructors

Prof. Eiichiro Komatsu, UT Austin

Prof. Bhaskar Dutta, Texas A&M

Email: dutta@physics.tamu.edu

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course will provide the basic principles of modern cosmology and particle physics, as well as their connections. This course will be teach-taught by Prof. Komatsu at UT Austin and Prof. Dutta at Texas A&M. Prof. Komatsu will teach the expansion of the universe; the cosmic microwave background (CMB); and the large-scale structure of the Universe. Prof. Dutta will teach the review on properties of particles; dark matter; the big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN); and cosmic inflation.

TEXTBOOK: No required text book – lecture notes will be provided.

CLASS

Class will meet at on MW 10:10–11:25am.

HOMEWORK

There will be 4 homework assignments. These will be written assignments and reports (see the course schedule for topics). There will be no exams.

GRADING

The course grade will be evaluated on the basis of: 100% homework (4 homework assignments)
The following grading scale will be used: 80+=A; 70-79=B; 60-69=C; 50-59=D. Any average below 50 is failing.