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 |
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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 |