FY2BP_KOSM Basic Topics in Cosmology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tomáš Miléř, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Vladislav Navrátil, CSc.
Department of Physics – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Gabriela Vohradská
Timetable
Wed 9:45–10:30 laboratoř 86
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FY2BP_MAF1 Mathematics for Physics && FY2BP_MMF Mechanics & Molecular Theory
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 35 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/35, only registered: 0/35
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: work with information on the basic ideas of evolution of the universe
Syllabus
  • What’s beyond the observable universe?
  • The Big Bang
  • The age of the universe
  • High redshift observations
  • Cosmological constant
  • Physics in the radiation dominated era
  • The Standard Model of the early universe
  • General features of inflation
  • Gravitational waves
Literature
  • HORSKÝ, Jan and Zdeněk KOPECKÝ. OBECNÁ TEORIE RELATIVITY V KONFRONTACI S EXPERIMENTEM. Čs. čas. fyz. 2005, vol. 55, No 3, p. 217-219. ISSN 0009-0700. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan, Jan NOVOTNÝ and Milan ŠTEFANÍK. Úvod do fyzikální kosmologie (Introduction into the physical cosmology). Praha: Academia, 2004, 219 pp. není součástí edice. ISBN 80-200-1241-9. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. Jistoty relativistické kosmologie (Certainties of Relativistic Cosmology). Československý časopis pro fyziku. Praha: Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, 1998, vol. 1998, No 48, p. 64-69. ISSN 0009-0700. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan and Stanislav BARTOŇ. Relativistický vesmír. Brno: Ando Publishing, 1997, 168 pp. ISBN 80-860-4715-6. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan, Jan NOVOTNÝ and Ilja KRAVAL. K analogii mezi rovinným a sférickým řešením vakuových gravitačních rovnic (On the analogy between the plane and spherical vacuo gravitational equations). In Sborník 7. konference čs. fyziků. Praha, 1981, 2 pp. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. Ke dvěma problémům obecné teorie relativity. Praha: MFF UK, 1980. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. Úvod do teorie relativity. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1975, 220 s. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. K zákonům zachování v obecné teorii relativity. Brno: PřF UJEP, 1973. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. K zákonům zachování v obecné relativitě. In Sborník z 2. Konference čs. Fyziků. Praha: Academia, 1972. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan and Jan NOVOTNÝ. Must it really be E=0 ? Acta Physica Polonica. 1971, A39, p. 269-270. ISSN 0587-4254. info
Teaching methods
class discussion
Assessment methods
test 50%, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
http://astronuklfyzika.cz/Gravitace5-4.htm
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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