Phys-236: Cosmology

Winter 2013

LECTURE SCHEDULE

(Preliminary. Will be periodically updated. Last updated Jan 28 2013)

Week
Date
Topic
Notes (ppt)
 Notes (pdf)
1
1/7
NO CLASS - AAS



1/09
INTRODUCTION - PHENOMENOLOGY [L1->4]
lecture1.ppt lecture1.pdf
2
1/14
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK [L5]
lecture2.ppt lecture2.pdf

1/16
FRIEDMAN WORLD MODELS [L7]
lecture3.ppt lecture3.pdf
3
1/21
HOLIDAY



1/23
COSMOGRAPHY [L8]
lecture4.ppt lecture4.pdf
4
1/28
NO CLASS - JURY DUTY



1/30
STRONG GRAVITATIONAL LENSING [S-INTRO]
lecture5.ppt lecture5.pdf
5
2/4
WEAK GRAVITATIONAL LENSING II [S-WEAK]
lecture6.ppt lecture6.pdf

2/6
THERMAL HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE [L9]
lecture7.ppt lecture7.pdf
6
2/11
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS [L10]
lecture8.ppt lecture8.pdf

2/13
GROWTH OF STRUCTURE I [L11]
lecture9.ppt lecture9.pdf
7
2/18
HOLIDAY



2/20
GROWTH OF STRUCTURE II [L12]
lecture10.ppt lecture10.pdf
8
2/25
MIDTERM



2/27
DARK MATTER [L13]
lecture11.ppt lecture11.pdf
9
3/4
LARGE SCALE STRUCTURE [L14]
lecture12.ppt lecture12.pdf

3/6
COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUND [L15]
lecture13.ppt lecture13.pdf
10
3/11
PRESENTATIONS



3/12
PRESENTATIONS



Note:  it is recommended to read the material in square brackets before each class. Powerpoint presentations will not be available for every class, so some of the links will be broken. Books are referred to as: L=Longair, S=Schneider, Kochanek, Wambsganss available here.