Astroparticle and Cosmological Physics

(N. Fornengo, A. Bottino, A. Diaferio)

* Topics of the course

- Standard cosmological model

- Determination of the cosmological parameters

- Thermodynamics of the expanding Universe

- Inflationary cosmology

- Structure formation

During the course, some of the following monographic topics will be covered:

       - Primordial nucleosynthesis
       - Baryogenesis
       - Dark Matter and its particle constituents
       - Topological defects