Introduction to particle cosmology
Lecturer:
Mikko Laine
Period:
Sep 18 - Dec 18, 2019.
Venue:
Wed 10 - 13 / 119.
Contents:
18.09.:
Expanding background and overall picture
25.09.:
Cosmological neutrino background
02.10.:
Other decouplings: CMB, 21cm line, BBN
09.10.:
Freeze-out dark matter. 1. Basic picture
16.10.:
Freeze-out dark matter. 2. Modern challenges
30.10.:
Freeze-in dark matter. 1. Basic picture
06.11.:
Freeze-in dark matter. 2. Sterile neutrinos
13.11.:
Thermal phase transitions. 1. Theoretical tools
20.11.:
Thermal phase transitions. 2. Examples
27.11.:
Thermal phase transitions. 3. Nucleation and dynamics
04.12.:
Baryogenesis and leptogenesis
11.12.:
Inflation and origin of density perturbations
18.12.:
Temperature anisotropies, structure formation
More references and observational data can be found in
arXiv:1912.04727
by Rubakov