Week 14: Cosmology
Learning Outcomes:
Newtonian Cosmology, Cosmological Redshift, Hubble's Law, The Big Bang, Expansion Rate.
Lesson Plan:
Lesson 1:
Newtonian Cosmology
Lesson 2:
Hubble's Law, Expansion Rate.
Lesson 3:
The Big Bang and Cosmological Redshift.
Book Readings:
pages 78-93. Introduction to Cosmology, J. V. Narlikar. 2nd edition.
Course Material
- Week 1: Introduction and Background.
- Week 2: Experimental Evidence.
- Week 3: Einstein's Postulates of Special Relativity.
- Week 4: Lorentz Transformations.
- Week 5: Relativistic Velocity Transformation formula.
- Week 6: Problem Solving.
- Week 7: Invariant Interval.
- Week 8: Introduction to Tensors
- Week 9: Lorentz Transformations in Tensor Notation.
- Week 10: Relativistic Mechanics.
- Week 11: Relativistic Dynamics
- Week 12: Principle of Equivalence and its Consequences
- Week 13: Einstein's Field Equations and General Theory of Relativity
- Week 14: Cosmology
- Chapters 14
- Department Physics(SCB)
- Teacher
Saira Yasmeen
