The observed Universe: empirical facts about the Universe (part II)

1 Outubro 2018, 14:00 António José Cunha da Silva

Observational Cosmology: Discussion of the main observational evidences that shape the building up of cosmological models.

Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: The abundances of the light elements; The Cosmic Microwave Background radiation; The isotropy of distant objects; The existent of dark mater; The accelerated expansion of the Universe. The existence of density fluctuations. Numerical experiments: gravitational instability of a self-gravitating fluid. The evolutionary history of the Universe in the context of a Big-Bang scenario.