XIth School of Cosmology
  17 - 22 September 2012 at IESC, Cargèse
Gravitational Lenses
their impact in the study of galaxies and
Cosmology

The large-scale structure of the universe

Cristiano PORCIANI
Argelander-Institut für Astronomie

Chapters

  1. Observational background
  2. Structure formation via gravitational instability
    1. linear theory
    2. non-linear evolution
    3. numerical simulations.
  3. Statistical description of density fluctuations
    1. random fields
    2. power spectrum and two-point correlation function
    3. higher order moments.
  4. Primordial power spectrum, transfer function, free streaming and the cold-dark-matter (CDM) model
  5. Cosmological parameters that describe the inhomogeneous CDM universe.

Abstract

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Bibliography

Any standard textbook of cosmology will do. Lecture slides include all the relevant topics and specific references.

Program