Cosmology and Astrophysics
Abstract
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In these lectures I review the present status of the so-called Standard Cosmological Model, based on the hot Big Bang Theory and the Inflationary Paradigm. I will make special emphasis on the recent developments in observational cosmology, mainly the acceleration of the universe, the precise measurements of the microwave background anisotropies, and the formation of structure like galaxies and clusters of galaxies from tiny primodial fluctuations generated during inflation.
76 pages, 36 figures, invited Lectures, to appear in the Proceedings of the CERN-JINR European School of High Energy Physics, San Feliu (Spain), 30 May - 12 June 2004
76 pages, 36 figures, invited Lectures, to appear in the Proceedings of the CERN-JINR European School of High Energy Physics, San Feliu (Spain), 30 May - 12 June 2004