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)

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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