The Early Universe

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse? Part I
2	Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse? Part II
3	The Doppler Effect and Special Relativity	Problem set 1 due
4	The Kinematics of the Homogeneous Expanding Universe
5	Cosmological Redshift and the Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part I
6	The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part II	Problem set 2 due
7	The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part III
8	The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part IV	Problem set 3 due
9	The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part V
10	Introduction to Non-Euclidean Spaces	Problem set 4 due
11	Non-Euclidean Spaces: Closed Universes
12	Non-Euclidean Spaces: Open Universes and the Spacetime Metric
13	Non-Euclidean Spaces: Spacetime Metric and Geodesic Equation	Problem set 5 due
14	The Geodesic Equation
15	Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part I
16	Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part II	Problem set 6 due
17	Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part III
18	Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum and the Cosmological Constant, Part I	Problem set 7 due
19	The Cosmological Constant, Part II
20	Supernovae Ia and Vacuum Energy Density	Problem set 8 due
21	Problems of the Conventional (Non-inflationary) Hot Big Bang Model	Problem set 9 due
22	The Higgs Field and the Cosmological Magnetic Monopole Problem
23	Inflation	Problem set 9 due