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ASTR 5460  - Galactic Structure and Evolution: Cosmology

Credits: 4
Max Credit 4

Presents material describing current cosmological models and their application to areas of extragalactic astronomy. Topics include cosmic dynamics, introduction to relativistic models, measuring parameters, dark matter, dark energy, the cosmic microwave background radiation, big bang nucleosynthesis.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing in astrophysics.


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