PHYS 743 — Very Early Universe

Introduction to key tools used in current research in theoretical cosmology, including (i) Review of Standard Big Bang Cosmology, (ii) Inflationary Universe Models, (iii) Theory of Cosmological Perturbations, (iv) Quantum Field Theory Methods of Cosmology. (v) Topological Defects in Cosmology, (vi) Superstring Cosmology.

Credits: 3
Faculty: Graduate Studies
Department: Physics
Prerequisite: PHYS 514, General Relativity.