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Cosmology

Massimo Pietroni - Università di Firenze

Sergio Ferrara - CERN

 
  The plan of the course is (time permitting):
 
 
 
  • 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.
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