Cosmology

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Overview; Hubble Expansion
2	General Relativity Overview	Problem Set 0 due
3	Robertson-Walker Models
4	Cosmography 1: H0t0, Angular Diameter Test	Problem Set 1 due
5	Cosmography 2: SNe Ia
6	Inflation 1	Problem Set 2 due
7	Inflation 2
8	Quantum Fluctuations from Inflation	Problem Set 3 due
9	Radiation Era, Nucleosynthesis
10	Baryogenesis, CMB Basics
11	CMB Anisotropy 1	Problem Set 4 due
12	CMB Anisotropy 2
13	CMB Anisotropy 3	Problem Set 5 due
14	Gamma-ray Bursts
15	High-z Galaxies and QSOs	Problem Set 6 due
16	QSO Absorption Lines 1
17	QSO Absorption Lines 2	Problem Set 7 due
18	Galaxy Clustering
19	Newtonian Structure Formation Theory	Problem Set 8 due
20	Nonlinear Models
21	Relativistic Perturbation Theory	Problem Set 9 due
22	Structure Formation Models 1
23	Structure Formation Models 2
24	Galaxy Formation 1	Problem Set 10 due
25	Galaxy Formation 2
26	Frontiers of Cosmology	Paper due