The aim of the course is to critically discuss the most relevant issues - some of them still open - concerning Modern Cosmology. We will illustrate its state-of-the-art, and the methods - both theoretical and observational - currently used to investigate its properties. We will further provide a coherent vision which starts from the Big Bang and arrives to the formation of the first galaxies.
Curriculum
scheda docente
materiale didattico
•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Fruizione: 20402143 COSMOLOGIA in Fisica LM-17 N0 MAGLIOCCHETTI Manuela
Programma
60 hours of lectures•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Testi Adottati
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Modalità Erogazione
The course will be held with in-presence lecturesModalità Valutazione
The exam will consist of the discussion of a chapter chosen from the above-mentioned article and then continue with questions on the entire program covered in class
scheda docente
materiale didattico
•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Fruizione: 20402143 COSMOLOGIA in Fisica LM-17 N0 MAGLIOCCHETTI Manuela
Programma
60 hours of lectures•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Testi Adottati
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Modalità Erogazione
The course will be held with in-presence lecturesModalità Valutazione
The exam will consist of the discussion of a chapter chosen from the above-mentioned article and then continue with questions on the entire program covered in class
scheda docente
materiale didattico
•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Fruizione: 20402143 COSMOLOGIA in Fisica LM-17 N0 MAGLIOCCHETTI Manuela
Programma
60 hours of lectures•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Testi Adottati
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Modalità Erogazione
The course will be held with in-presence lecturesModalità Valutazione
The exam will consist of the discussion of a chapter chosen from the above-mentioned article and then continue with questions on the entire program covered in class
scheda docente
materiale didattico
•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Fruizione: 20402143 COSMOLOGIA in Fisica LM-17 N0 MAGLIOCCHETTI Manuela
Programma
60 hours of lectures•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Testi Adottati
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Modalità Erogazione
The course will be held with in-presence lecturesModalità Valutazione
The exam will consist of the discussion of a chapter chosen from the above-mentioned article and then continue with questions on the entire program covered in class
scheda docente
materiale didattico
•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Fruizione: 20402143 COSMOLOGIA in Fisica LM-17 N0 MAGLIOCCHETTI Manuela
Programma
60 hours of lectures•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Testi Adottati
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Modalità Erogazione
The course will be held with in-presence lecturesModalità Valutazione
The exam will consist of the discussion of a chapter chosen from the above-mentioned article and then continue with questions on the entire program covered in class
scheda docente
materiale didattico
•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Fruizione: 20402143 COSMOLOGIA in Fisica LM-17 N0 MAGLIOCCHETTI Manuela
Programma
60 hours of lectures•Brief introduction to general relativity and Einstein's equation
•Robertson-Walker metric
•Hubble's Law and Hubble Tension
•Redshift
•Cosmological distances
•The cosmological constant
•Friedmann and Einsten-de Sitter models
•Thermal History of the Universe
•Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)
•Jeans' Theory for Gravitational Instability
•Application of Jeans' theory in Cosmology: linear evolution
•Formation of Structures I: case only baryons
•Formation of Structures II: case with also non-baryonic matter
•Perturbation spectrum, filters, and transfer functions
•Covariance functions
•Linear theory and observations: CMB fluctuations
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Viralized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the bias problem.
•Notes on present and future cosmological missions: Euclid
•Introduction to extra-galactic radio sources
64-hour completion: article study
"Hosts and Environments: a (large-scale) radio history of AGN and star-forming galaxies"
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00159-022-00142-1)
Testi Adottati
Main texts:
- Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure by P. Coles and F. Lucchin
- Structure Formation in the Universe by T. Padhmanaban
Recommended texts:
- Cosmological Physics by J.A. Peacock
- The Large Scale Structure of the Universe by P.J.E. Peebles
Modalità Erogazione
The course will be held with in-presence lecturesModalità Valutazione
The exam will consist of the discussion of a chapter chosen from the above-mentioned article and then continue with questions on the entire program covered in class