| course | dates | credits |
| Early Universe Cosmology | Nov 8 - Dec 10 | 4 |
| teachers | schedule | term |
| Piero Ullio | Mon, Tue, Thu, 10:00-11:30. | 1 |
Program:
Thermodynamics of the early Universe:
Local equilibrium as maximal entropy state: Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions; Number density, energy density, pressure and entropy density; Time-temperature relation.Departure from equilibrium:
Boltzmann equations for chemical decoupling; Hot and cold thermal relics; kinetic decoupling and free streaming scale.Big Bang Nucleosynthesis:
Freeze of out the neutron to proton ratio; The deuterium bottleneck and the synthesis of light elements; Particle physics tests within Big Bang Nucleosynthesis.Recombination:
Equilibrium approximation; Photon decoupling; Recombination in kinetic approach.
Lectures on ZOOM - send an email to ullio_at_sissa.it to receive the ZOOM link.
Prerequisites:
None
Books:
- V. Muchanov, Physical Foundations of Cosmology
- S. Weinberg, Cosmology
- E.W. Kolb and M.S. Turner, The Early Universe
- S. Dodelson, Modern Cosmology
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