AS 413 - Extragalactic Astronomy & Cosmology
This course is intended to serve as an introduction to topics in
extragalactic astronomy (astronomy outside of the Milky Way)
and cosmology (the study of the universe as a whole). Galaxies are
the fundamental building blocks of the universe and, so, it is
natural to combine studies of their general properties at the present
day, as well as theories of their formation and evolution, with
studies of cosmology in order to gain an understanding of how the
universe came to be as we currently observe it. Particular emphasis
will be placed on the use of modern extragalactic observations to
constrain theories of the origin and nature of the universe. In
addition to topics which are well-understood, we will
also discuss a number of the current unanswered questions in
modern cosmology and how the answers to these questions may ultimately
shape our theories of the origin and evolution of the universe.
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