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Cosmology
Massimo Pietroni - Università di Firenze
Sergio Ferrara - CERN
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The plan of the course is (time permitting):
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Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe, Friedmann equations.
Thermal history of the Universe. Equilibrium vs. non-equilibrium.
Decouplings from the thermal bath: photons, neutrinos, WIMPs, baryogenesis and leptogenesis
Inflation and the generation of cosmic perturbations
Cosmic Microwave Background, Large Scale Structure. Dark Matter and Dark Energy
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Bibliography:
S. Dodelson, Modern Cosmology, Acedemic Press
V. Mikhanov, Physical foundations of Cosmology, Cambridge U.P.
D.H. Lyth, A.R. Liddle, The primordial density perturbation, Cambridge U.P.
Notes
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