| Week 34 23/8-27/8 |
Tue 12-14 |
Practical information; setting up svn |
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Thr 14-16 |
Tensor calculus; Action integrals and variation of metric |
Carroll 4.3 (4 p18 in notes), Ravndal 11.1.3-11.3.1 |
| Week 35 30/8-3/9 |
Tue 12-16 |
Variation of action; problem solving |
Problem set 1 |
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Thr 14-16 |
Divergence-free energy-momentum tensor, Friedmann equations,
classical cosmology |
Carroll 3.7, 8.2-8.3 |
Week 36 6/9-10/9 |
Tue 12-16 |
Problem solving |
Problem set 2 |
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Thr 14-16 |
No lecture |
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Week 37 13/9-17/9 |
Tue 12-16 |
Modified cosmology and modified gravity; Problem solving |
Carroll 4.8 |
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Thr 14-16 |
Weyl transformations, Einstein frame and Jordan frame |
Carroll 4.8, Appendix G |
Week 38 20/9-24/9 |
Tue 12-16 |
Extra dimensions, Kaluza-Klein; Problem solving |
KK paper or
chapter 3;
Problem set 3
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Thr 14-16 |
Natural units, dimensional analysis, extra-dim solutions to mass hierarchy |
ADD (and
AADD and
ADD2 ),
RS1,
RS2,
DGP
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| Week 39 26/9-1/10 |
Tue 12-16 |
Problem solving |
Problem set 4 |
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Thr 14-16 |
Relative densities equations, cosmological scaling solutions
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CLW,
APT
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| Week 40 4/10-8/10 |
Tue 12-16 |
Problem solving |
Problem set 5 |
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Thr 14-16 |
QFT in flat space, vacuum energy, Casimir energy
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Ravndal 3.2-4.2
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| Week 41 11/10-15/10 |
Tue 12-16 |
Problem solving |
Problem set 6 |
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Thr 14-16 |
Linearised gravity, gravitational and el.mag. waves
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Carroll 7.1, 7.4
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| Week 42 18/10-22/10 |
Tue 12-16 |
Effects of grav. waves; Problem solving |
Carroll 7.7; Problem set 7 |
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Thr 14-16 |
QFT in curved spacetime
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Carroll 9.3-9.4
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Week 43 25/10-29/10 |
Tue 12-16 |
Self study |
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Thr 14-16 |
Repetition; Problem solving
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Week 44 1/11-5/11 |
Tue 12-16 |
Killing vectors and horizons, Unruh effect |
Carroll 3.8, 6.3, 9.5 |
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Thr 14-16 |
Hawking radiation
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Carroll 9.6, 5.6-5.7
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Week 45 8/11-12/11 |
Tue 12-16 |
Oblig solving |
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Thr 14-16 |
Reasons for inflation, slow-roll appoximation
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Carroll 8.8, Ravndal 8.2
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Week 46 15/11-19/11 |
Tue 12-16 |
Inflaton pertubations, primordial spectrum |
Ravndal 17-18.3 |
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Thr 14-16 |
Metric pertubations, tensor and scalar spectrum
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Ravndal 18.4-20, Carroll 7.2
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