Physics 598PPC: Lectures and Readings (Fall 2020)

Readings for each week's lectures are listed here.   Lecture notes will be posted here following each week's lectures.

Lecture videos are available on MediaSpace

 

Week Lecture notes Readings Suggestions for more depth
Aug. 24 M, W K&T Ch. 2

Baumann Ch. 0; 

a good intro GR text is Schutz

Aug. 31 M, W K&T Ch. 3  
Sep. 9 W

no lecture on Monday

K&T Ch. 3

 
Sep. 14 M, W K&T Ch. 5.1 Gondolo and Gelmini
Sep. 21 M, W I am not particularly fond of K&T on BBN. The treatment in class largely follows Baumann Particle Data Group review
Sep. 28 M, W K&T Ch. 5 for a full treatment of CMB at an introductory level, see Dodelson
Oct. 5 M, W K&T Ch. 5  
Oct. 12 M, W   Hall et al, freeze-in
Oct. 19 M, W project topic choice deadline  
Oct. 26 M no lecture on Wednesday Marsh, axion cosmology
Nov. 2 M, W    
Nov. 9 M, W K&T Ch. 6.2-6.3 PDG on axions
Nov. 16 M, W    
Nov. 23   fall break  
Nov. 30   presentations (feedback form)  
Dec. 7   presentations