ASTR 553/554 : Extragalactic Astronomy

Reading Assignments, and other reference material.

Topic 16 : The Cosmological Context

Reading before class :

• These notes

Main Texts :

• Good introductory texts include:
  Raine & Thomas (2001):   An Introduction to the science of cosmology
  Ryden (2003):   Introduction to cosmology
  Narlikar (19??): An Introduction to Cosmology

• More advanced, though accessible, texts include:
  Longair (1998):   Galaxy Formation
  Kolb & Turner (1990):   The Early Universe
  Peacock (1999):   Cosmological Physics
  Liddle & Lythe (2000):   Cosmological Inflation and Large Scale Structure
  Rich (2001):   Fundamentals of Cosmology
  Coles & Luccin (2002):   Cosmology, the Origin and Evolution of Cosmic Structure.
  Dodelson (2003):   Modern Cosmology
  Hartle (2003):   Gravity, an Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity

• Less advanced, though excellent, texts include:
  Hawley & Holcomb (1998):   Introduction to Modern Cosmology
  Jones & Lambourne (Eds) (2003) :   An Introduction to Galaxies and Cosmology