{"id":1291,"date":"2025-08-08T13:36:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:17:25","slug":"cosmology-cosmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/cosmology-cosmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cosmology (COSMO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/aknebe\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-18-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-18-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-18-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-18-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-18-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-18-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-18-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/members.ift.uam-csic.es\/savvas.nesseris\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-51-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1523\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-51-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-51-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-51-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-51-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-51-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-51-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Type: Compulsory\u2013 PEC&amp;AC Track \u2013 2nd Trimeste<\/strong>r<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course provides a comprehensive introduction to modern cosmology, covering the theoretical framework, observational evidence, and open questions about the origin, evolution, and large-scale structure of the Universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Main Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cosmological principles and the Friedmann\u2013Lema\u00eetre\u2013Robertson\u2013Walker models.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thermal history of the Universe: from the hot Big Bang to the matter and radiation eras.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inflation and the generation of cosmic perturbations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Baryogenesis and Big Bang nucleosynthesis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure formation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formation of the first stars and galaxies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Observational cosmology: distance measurements, standard candles, and large surveys.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gravitational waves in cosmology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Computational methods for simulating cosmic evolution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open problems: dark matter, dark energy, and alternatives to the standard model.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Skills Acquired<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Interpret and apply theoretical models of cosmic evolution.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relate observational data to cosmological parameters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analyze the interplay between theory, simulations, and astronomical observations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Lecture notes<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/00Introduction.pdf\">Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/01History+Principles.pdf\">History &amp; Principles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/02FriedmannModels.pdf\">Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Models<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/03ThermalHistory.pdf\">The Thermal History of the Universe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/04BBN.pdf\">Big Bang Nucleosynthesis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/05Inflation.pdf\">Inflation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/06GIperturbations+Baryogenesis.pdf\">Gauge Invariant Perturbations + Baryogenesis<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/08CMB-1.pdf\">observations<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/08CMB-2.pdf\">theory<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/09LSS.pdf\">The Large-Scale Structure of the Universe<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cosmic Dawn:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/10CosmicDawn.pdf\">The First Stars &amp; Galaxies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Observational Cosmology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/11Observations-1.pdf\">the distance ladder<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/11Observations-2.pdf\">CMB &amp; surveys<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/12GravitationalWaves.pdf\">Gravitational Waves<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/13ComputationalCosmology.pdf\">Computational Cosmology<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2022&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Open Problems in Cosmology:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/14OpenProblems-1.pdf\">the CDM crisis<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/14OpenProblems-2.pdf\">alternative gravity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; supplementary notes on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/05Inflation-JGB.pdf\">Inflation<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/06GIperturbations-JGB.pdf\">GIP<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/files\/07Baryogenesis-JGB.pdf\">Baryogenesis<\/a>&nbsp;by Juan Garcia-Bellido<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; annotated notes created by MSc students from the year 2020\/21 can be found under&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/links.html\">Links<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-dark-gray-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-01da078b5125f49f17fa7c968811b277\" style=\"background-color:#f1de09\">Note: All the course information is available on its <a href=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/index.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/popia.ft.uam.es\/Cosmology\/index.html\">website<\/a>.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Plan Information<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1DhexcaUyPa1067BLGDvMt6Y0O_yWnawt\/view?usp=drive_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-21-3-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1470\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-21-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-21-3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-21-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-21-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-21-3-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-21-3-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Schedule<br><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1gBVYrmoa_h-aJf5hgEKDUXzWvRECN2ea\/view?usp=drive_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-20-4-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1471\" style=\"width:402px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-20-4-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-20-4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-20-4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-20-4-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-20-4-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/projects.ift.uam-csic.es\/master\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Asignaturas-master-20-4-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1A9sAQdsDmyDm9nx3G7N9ZQEJW9CKE9Uf\/view?usp=drive_link\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Academic Team Course Content Type: Compulsory\u2013 PEC&amp;AC Track \u2013 2nd Trimester This course provides a comprehensive introduction to modern cosmology, covering the theoretical framework, observational evidence, and open questions about the origin, evolution, and large-scale structure of the Universe. 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