FC1811 Selected Chapters in Cosmology

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jan Novotný, CSc. (lecturer)
RNDr. Jindřiška Svobodová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Tomáš Miléř, Ph.D.
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Jana Jachymiáková
Supplier department: Department of Physics, Chemistry and Vocational Education – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
FC1811/Kombi01: Fri 4. 10. 11:00–14:50 laboratoř 90, J. Svobodová
FC1811/Prez01: Tue 14:00–14:50 laboratoř 80, J. Svobodová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
zájem o problematiku
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Educational objectives of the subject are basic knowledge of the fact that the way in which one is trying to understand universe, means to extrapolate the physical laws flowing from local experiments to the processes going on in and by means of these laws try to explain astronomically observed phenomena. Skills to get closer the ideas of theoretical geniuses and the results of the cruciate experiments to the pupils. Main educational content is included concepts as standard cosmological model, gravity, cosmological principle Objectives: Knowledge: on a theoretical basis of knowledge about the origin, state and visions of the universe Skills: to mediate using the analogy of selected knowledge to pupils Attitudes: to accept the possibility of extraterrestrial civilization.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
orientate themselves in cosmological models and basic theoretical ideas
work with information on the basic ideas of evolution of the universe.
Syllabus
  • What’s beyond the observable universe?
  • The Big Bang
  • The age of the universe
  • High redshift observations
  • Cosmological constant
  • Physics in the radiation dominated era
  • The Standard Model of the early universe
  • General features of inflation
  • Gravitational waves
Literature
    required literature
  • KRAUSS, Lawrence M. Vesmír z ničeho. Edited by Richard Dawkins, Translated by Jiří Langer. Vyd. 1. Praha: Knižní klub, 2013, 223 s. ISBN 9788024241456. info
  • BARROW, J.D.,Kniha vesmírů,Paseka,ISBN: 978-80-7432-290-7, EAN: 9788074322907, Překlad: Langer, Jiří
    recommended literature
  • CLEGG, Brian. Gravitace : jak nejslabší síla ve vesmíru formovala naše životy. Translated by Martin Žofka. Vydání 1. Praha: Academia, 2015, 250 stran. ISBN 9788020023742. info
  • Barrow, J.D.,Kniha o nekonečnu :stručný průvodce světem bez hranic, počátku a konce. Translated by Jan Novotný. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2007. 266 s. ISBN 978-80-7185-822-5.
  • Page, L.(2021).Malá kniha kosmologie. Translated by J.Podolský.Praha.MatfyzPress
  • BARROW, John D. Konstanty přírody : čísla skrývající nejhlubší tajemství vesmíru. Translated by Jiří Langer. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2005, 284 s. ISBN 8071856894. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan and Zdeněk KOPECKÝ. OBECNÁ TEORIE RELATIVITY V KONFRONTACI S EXPERIMENTEM. Čs. čas. fyz. 2005, vol. 55, No 3, p. 217-219. ISSN 0009-0700. info
  • BARROW, John D. Teorie ničeho. Translated by Jan Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2005, 342 s. ISBN 8020411569. info
  • BARROW, John D. Vesmír plný umění : The artful universe (Orig.). Translated by Martin Krejza, Edited by Jiří Grygar. Vyd. 1. Brno: Jota, 2000, 312 s., [8. ISBN 80-7217-097-X. info
  • BARROW, John D. Teorie všeho : hledání nejhlubšího vysvětlení. Translated by Jan Novotný. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1996, 269 s. ISBN 8020406026. info
  • KRAUSS, Lawrence M. The physics of star trek. 1st pub. London: Flamingo, 1996, xiii, 188. ISBN 0006550428. info
    not specified
  • BARROW, John D. Původ vesmíru. Bratislava: Archa, 1996, 166 s. ISBN 80-7115-092-4. info
  • KRAUSS, Lawrence M. Proměny vesmíru : od velkého třesku k životu na Zemi... a ještě dál. Translated by Jiří Chýla - Jan Havlíček - Robert Kanócz. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Paseka, 2006, 274 s. ISBN 807185722X. info
  • CLEGG, Brian. Před velkým třeskem : prehistorie vesmíru. Translated by Martin Růžička - Vít Penkala. Vyd. 1. Praha: Dokořán, 2011, 326 s. ISBN 9788073633639. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan and Zdeněk KOPECKÝ. OBECNÁ TEORIE RELATIVITY V KONFRONTACI S EXPERIMENTEM. Čs. čas. fyz. 2005, vol. 55, No 3, p. 217-219. ISSN 0009-0700. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan, Jan NOVOTNÝ and Milan ŠTEFANÍK. Úvod do fyzikální kosmologie (Introduction into the physical cosmology). Praha: Academia, 2004, 219 pp. není součástí edice. ISBN 80-200-1241-9. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. Jistoty relativistické kosmologie (Certainties of Relativistic Cosmology). Československý časopis pro fyziku. Praha: Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, 1998, vol. 1998, No 48, p. 64-69. ISSN 0009-0700. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. Ke dvěma problémům obecné teorie relativity. Praha: MFF UK, 1980. info
  • HORSKÝ, Jan. K zákonům zachování v obecné relativitě. In Sborník z 2. Konference čs. Fyziků. Praha: Academia, 1972. info
Teaching methods
lecture and class discussion
Assessment methods
test 50%, activities, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 4 hodiny.
Teacher's information
The lesson can be implemented /according to the interest of the students/ partially or completely online

For students on a foreign placement (ERASMUS, etc.): Course requirements will be individually set in the context of the courses taken during the foreign placement and in accordance with the objectives and learning outcomes of the study programme.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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