Cosmology - DAMTP · Cosmology Part III Mathematical Tripos Classes: M.W.F. 10, MR3. Contact:...
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Cosmology Part III Mathematical Tripos • Classes: M.W.F. 10, MR3. • Contact: Daniel Baumann ([email protected]) • Office Hours: F. 3, Central Core. The complete lecture notes can be downloaded here. The complete lecture scripts can be downloaded here. Preface 1. Geometry and Dynamics [lecture notes, lecture script] Robertson-Walker Spacetime. Kinematics. Dynamics. ΛCDM. 2. Inflation [lecture notes, lecture script] Horizon Problem. Slow-Roll Inflation. 3. Thermal History [lecture notes, lecture script] Neutrino Decoupling. Dark Matter Production. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. Recombination. 4. Cosmological Perturbation Theory [lecture notes, lecture script, Mathematica] Matter and Metric Fluctuations. Linearised Einstein Equations. Conserved Curvature Perturbations. 5. Structure Formation [lecture notes, lecture script] Gravitational Instability. Acoustic Oscillations. Dark Matter Clustering. 6. Initial Conditions from Inflation [lecture notes, lecture script] Quantum Field Theory in de Sitter Space. Zero-Point Fluctuations.
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CosmologyPart III Mathematical Tripos
• Classes: M.W.F. 10, MR3.
• Contact: Daniel Baumann ([email protected])
• Office Hours: F. 3, Central Core.
The complete lecture notes can be downloaded here.
The complete lecture scripts can be downloaded here.
Preface
1. Geometry and Dynamics [lecture notes, lecture script]
Robertson-Walker Spacetime. Kinematics. Dynamics. ΛCDM.
2. Inflation [lecture notes, lecture script]
Horizon Problem. Slow-Roll Inflation.
3. Thermal History [lecture notes, lecture script]
Neutrino Decoupling. Dark Matter Production. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. Recombination.
4. Cosmological Perturbation Theory [lecture notes, lecture script, Mathematica]
Matter and Metric Fluctuations. Linearised Einstein Equations. Conserved Curvature Perturbations.
5. Structure Formation [lecture notes, lecture script]
Gravitational Instability. Acoustic Oscillations. Dark Matter Clustering.
6. Initial Conditions from Inflation [lecture notes, lecture script]
Quantum Field Theory in de Sitter Space. Zero-Point Fluctuations.
