David B. Kaplan                                                                                                                                     Cosmology 555, Spring 2004


 

Tentative Syllabus:

F 4/2 :  The universe we see

M 4/5 :  Cosmology and GR
F 4/9 :  The FRW metric

M 4/12:  The dynamical FRW universe
F 4/16:  Thermodynamics and departure from thermal equilibrium

M 4/19:   Big bang nucleosynthesis
F 4/23:   BBN/Recombination

M 4/26:   Baryogenesis
F 4/30:   Inflation

M 5/3 :   Inflation
F 5/7 :   Structure formation

M 5/10:   Structure formation
F 5/14:   CMB perturbations

M 5/17:   CMB, high redshift SN1A
F 5/21:   Dark matter and dark energy

M 5/24:   Student talks
F 5/28:   Student talks

M 5/31:   Holiday
W 6/2 :   Student talks  (special meeting)
F 6/4 :   Student talks