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Physics 801: Early Universe Cosmology

Instructor: Prof. Daniel Chung
Office location: 5207 Chamberlin
Office hour: by appointment
Email: danielchung@wisc.edu
Phone: 608-265-3133

Class coordinates:
Chamberlin 2108
TR 9:30 AM - 10:45 AM

 


Syllabus and course info

Lecture 1: Distance Ladder

Lecture 2: Diff geom review & RW metric

Lecture 3: Einstein Eq. & Stress Tensor

Lecture 4: Basic Scale Factor Sols and Stat Mech
 HW 1 HW 1 Sol
Lecture 5: Homogeneous Boltzmann Eq

Lecture 6: Neutrino Decoupling and Inhomogeneitites Begin

Lecture 7: Inhomgogeneous Photon Boltzmann Eq

Lecture 8: Photon Boltzmann Eq finish and CDM Boltzmann
 HW 2 HW 2 Sol
Lecture 9: Rest of Boltzmann and Einstein Eqs.

Lecture 10: Horizon and Initial Conds

Lecture 11: Matter Power Spectrum

Lecture 12: Matter Power Spectrum Finish
 HW 3
 HW 3 Sol
Lecture 13: Transfer Function and Growth Function

Lecture 14: CMB anisotropies begin

Lecture 15: CMB spectra

Lecture 16: Understanding Cl
 HW 4 HW 4 Sol
Lecture 17: Inflation

Lecture 18: Inflation continue

Lecture 19: Inflation example

Lecture 20: Gravity Waves from Inflation

Lecture 21: Polarization Begin

Lecture 22: Spin Spherical Harmonics
 HW 5 HW 5 Sol
Lecture 23: Polarization Boltzmann

Lecture 24: Polarization finish BBN begin

Lecture 25: BBN finish

Lecture 26: Dark Matter

Lecture 27: Hot DM and Bgenesis, Rephasing supplement

Lecture 28: End Bgenesis

Lecture 29: Final Lecture

 
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