SES # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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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 |
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23 | Inflation | Problem set 9 due |
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