Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
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2009-02-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Lectures from the 2008 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute at Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (52 pages, 25 figures). V2: typos co
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This series of lectures gives a pedagogical review of the subject of cosmological inflation. I discuss Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology and the horizon and flatness problems of the standard hot Big Bang, and introduce inflation as a solution to those problems, focusing on the simple scenario of inflation from a single scalar field. I discuss quantum modes in inflation and the generation of primordial tensor and scalar fluctuations. Finally, I provide comparison of inflationary models to the WMAP satellite measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background, and briefly discuss future directions for inflationary physics. The majority of the lectures should be accessible to advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students with only a background in Special Relativity, although familiarity with General Relativity and quantum field theory will be helpful for the more technical sections.
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