Marcos Lima



PGF5292
Physical Cosmology I

Information

This is the graduate course on Physical Cosmology. We will cover relativity, the expansion of the Universe, its thermal history, linear perturbations, inflation, ihnomogeneities, anisotropies, galaxy correlations, galaxy clusters, halo model, redshift distortions, weak lensing, data analysis and models of cosmic acceleration.

Meetings: Wednesdays and Fridays (16:00hs). Ala Central Sala: 208

More general information can be found here: Course Information.

Information about the Final Project can be found here: Final Project.

A more complete set of references can be found here: References

And a tentative schedule is here: Tentative Schedule


Final Grades: Grades

Rough Syllabus

1 - Special and General Relativity (Weinberg GC, Carroll)
2 - The Expanding Universe (Dodelson)
3 - Thermal History (Dodelson, Kolb & Turner)
4 - Linear Perturbations (Dodelson, Mukhanov, Padmanabham)
5 - Inflation (Dodelson, Kolb & Turner, Mukhanov)
6 - Inhomogeneities (Dodelson Cap 7)
7 - Anisotropies (Dodelson Cap 8)
8 - Galaxy Correlations (Dodelson Cap 9, papers)
9 - Redshift Distortions (Dodelson Cap 9, Hamilton 1997)
10 - Galaxy Clusters (Dodelson Cap 9, papers)
11 - Halo Model (Cooray and Sheth 2002)
12 - Weak Lensing (Dodelson 10)
13 - Photometric Redshifts (papers)
14 - N-Body Simulations (Kravtsov's notes)
15 - Analysis (Dodelson Cap 11)


Problem Sets

  1 - Problem Set 1 ( Due March 18 )
  2 - Problem Set 2 ( Due March 25 )
  3 - Problem Set 3 ( Due April 01 )
  4 - Problem Set 4 ( Due April 08 )
  5 - Problem Set 5 ( Due April 15 )
  6 - Problem Set 6 ( Due April 22 )
  7 - Problem Set 7 ( Due April 29 )
  8 - Problem Set 8 ( Due May 06 )
  9 - Problem Set 9 ( Due May 13 )
10 - Problem Set 10 ( Due May 20 )
11 - Problem Set 11 ( Due June 03 )
12 - Problem Set 12 ( Due June 10 )