AST 301 — Unit Ten Outline

Prof. Paul R. Shapiro
Unit Ten: Cosmology

(1) The expanding universe
      (a) Using Hubble's Law to estimate the age of the universe
      (b) Using Hubble's Law to estimate the size of the "observable" universe

(2) Big Bang Model

(3) Cosmic Microwave Radiation Background

(4) Mass and energy content of the universe
      (a) Ordinary matter
      (b) radiation
      (c) dark matter
      (d) other (e.g. cosmological constant)

(5) The Formation of Galaxies and Large-Scale Structure in the Universe		 link to outline
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