Università Roma Tre

50 hours in front

•Brief references 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
•Cosmic Microwave Background
•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
•Theory and observations related to linear theory: CMB fluctuations
•Large-scale structure of the Universe: statistical analysis of the distribution of galaxies
•Non-linear evolution of perturbations
•Virialized structures: the theory of Press and Schechter and its extension
•Light matter and dark matter: the problem of bias.
•The Euclid mission
•Notes on extragalactic radio sources

Coles P., Lucchin F. Cosmology [Wiley 2000] - Primary reference book

Peacock J. Physical Cosmology. Cambridge Univ.Press

Longair M. Galaxy Formation [A&A Library ]

"Cosmology" di Weinberg (Oxford University Press)

A number of scientific papers provided by the teacher during the course.