Marcos Lima



PGF5292
Physical Cosmology I

Information

This is the graduate course on Physical Cosmology. In this first part, we will cover relativity, the expansion of the Universe, its thermal history, linear perturbations and inflation.

Meetings: Tuesdays and Fridays (14:00hs). Ala Central Sala: 2015

More general information can be found here: Course Information.

Information about the Final Project can be found here: Final Project.

A more complete set of references can be found here: References

And a tentative schedule is here: Tentative Schedule


Final Grades: Grades

Rough Syllabus

1 - Special and General Relativity (Weinberg GC, Carroll)
2 - The Expanding Universe (Dodelson)
3 - Thermal History (Dodelson, Kolb & Turner)
4 - Linear Perturbations (Dodelson, Mukhanov, Padmanabham)
5 - Inflation (Dodelson, Kolb & Turner, Mukhanov)

Problem Sets

  1 - Problem Set 1 ( Due March 19 )
  2 - Problem Set 2 ( Due March 26 )
  3 - Problem Set 3 ( Due April 02 )
  4 - Problem Set 4 ( Due April 09 )
  5 - Problem Set 5 ( Due April 23 )
  6 - Problem Set 6 ( Due April 30 )
  7 - Problem Set 7 ( Due May 07 )
  8 - Problem Set 8 ( Due May 14 )
  9 - Problem Set 9 ( Due May 21 )
10 - Problem Set 10 ( Due May 28 )