AS5003 · Stockholm University · Autumn 2026
Cosmology
Schedule, homework and announcements are on Canvas.
Book: B. Ryden, Introduction to Cosmology, 2nd ed.
Lectures
- Lecture 1 Introduction and the fundamental observations Course information, a short history of cosmology, and the introduction to fundamental observations: the dark night sky, homogeneity and isotropy, the CMB, light elements and Hubble's law. Slides Interactive lecture
- Lecture 2 Measuring distances and velocities; cosmic expansion Redshift, the Hubble–Lemaître law, H₀ from supernovae and the Hubble time. Slides Interactive lecture