Lectures on Physical Cosmology

Lectures on Physical Cosmology


Lev Kofman




COURSE SUMMARY: The first lecture will lay down the road map of physical cosmology, from the very early universe (inflation) through present day observables (large scale structure and CMB temperature fluctuations). Based on student interest, we will then survey other principal topics in physical cosmology -- Friedmann models, preheating, cosmological perturbations, and gravitational instability in an expanding universe -- or, alternatively, we will concentrate more deeply on one subject of common interest.



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