ISAPP 2006: Lectures in Observational Cosmology
Sorrento, September 2006
Prof. S. George Djorgovski (Caltech)

This website = http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/isapp06/

Here are copies of the lecture ppt slides:

• Lecture 1: Introduction, cosmological models, distance scale, contents of the universe [29.2 MB pdf file]
• Lecture 2: Cosmological tests, large scale structure [29.1 MB pdf file]
• Lecture 3: Galaxies, their properties and evolution, intergalactic medium [25.9 MB pdf file]
• Lecture 4: Galaxy formation, reionization, quasars and supermassive black holes, concluding comments [36 MB pdf file]

Here are some cosmology links.
Here is an extensive reading list from my graduate cosmology class, Ay 127.
Or, visit my introductory cosmology class, Ay 21.

Some other useful links and lecture notes:

• Ned Wright's CosmoCalc and its advanced version
• Ned Wright's cosmology notes (pdf file)
• John Peacock's cosmology notes (pdf file)
• M. Trodden & S. Carroll cosmology lectures (pdf file)
• NED Level 5 (lots of good review articles)
• Carnegie Obs. Astrophysics Symposia (lots of good review articles)
• Physical and astronomical constants * Physical constants * Another one (SWRI)

Last changed: 21Sep06, SGD