PHYS6810C (2015) Advanced Cosmology

LSK1027 (Business Building); Saturdays 09:30-12:20, Spring Term, 2015

Lecture notes: $$Chapter 1$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/uhnf7he910kpwhr/cosmology_1_FRW.pdf), $$Chapter 2$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/sbqfxli1lsngphw/cosmology_2_inflation.pdf), $$Chapter 3$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4xa9681oz6s4y5/cosmology_3_thermal_history.pdf), $$Chapter 4$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/yr7ymqu1gdc75ac/cosmology_4_evo_pert.pdf), $$Chapter 5$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/m88zjkzf2n3761u/cosmology_5_CMB.pdf?dl=0)

Code:

• Curvature of FRW metric: $$Mathematica$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/f2yy6lv97vwn7p5/FRW.nb), $$Python$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ulxd20myqpdceh/python-gr.tar.gz)
• Calculation of inflation perturbations: resources/examples of $$MathGR$$ (https://github.com/tririver/MathGR)
• $$Instructions$$ (https://www.dropbox.com/s/j94d6bikwgdsmmc/CMB_instructions.tar.gz?dl=0) of how to run CLASS code and plot result

References:

1. Baumann’s $$lecture notes$$ (http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/db275/Cosmology/Lectures.pdf), Lectures 1 and 2
2. Dodelson, $$Modern Cosmology$$ (http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Cosmology-Scott-Dodelson/dp/0122191412), up to the CMB part
3. Wang, $$Inflation, Cosmic Perturbations and Non-Gaussianities$$ (http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1523), for other topics

Syllabus:

1. Geometry and Dynamics
2. Inflation
3. Thermal History
4. Evolution of Perturbations
5. Cosmic Microwave Background