The 2008 Lectures in Physics: COSMOLOGY: AN ASTROPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE


THE TOPICS TO BE COVERED ARE:

  • Overview and historical perspective on Cosmology
  • The standard model of Cosmology
  • Quantitative cosmological tests
  • Open issues in Cosmology
  • Inflationary Cosmology and alternatives
  • Interpretation of CMB temperature and polarization anisotropy
  • The first luminous objects in the Universe
  • Cosmological re-ionization
  • Formation of galaxies
  • Fundamentals of supernova Cosmology
  • Measuring the properties of dark energy
  • Observations/theory of thermonuclear combustion and core collapse
  • Future measurements in Cosmology

Useful Material:

Ned Wright cosmology tutorial

Ned's Wright list of other sites

Professor's Wayne Hu homepage

Extra link

John C Mather
Chief Scientist, Science Mission Directorate,
NASA HQ and Senior Project Scientist, James Webb Space Telescope, NASA GSFC
Nobel Prize (2006) in Physics

Tom Abel
Assoc. Professor, Department of Physics,
Stanford University and SLAC (KIPAC)

Wayne Hu
Assoc. Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
University of Chicago and Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics

Robert Kirshner
Professor of Astronomy, Harvard College and
Clowes Professor of Science, Harvard University

Jim Peebles
Albert Einstein Professor of Science
Emeritus, Princeton University

Paul Steinhardt
The Albert Einstein Professor in Science, Director,
Center for Theoretical Science and Professor of Physics, Princeton University

J.Craig Wheeler
Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor of Astronomy,
University of Texas at Austin and President, American Astronomical Society

Monday 30 June09:00 - 09:45R e g i s t r a t i o n
09:45 - 10:00Welcome speech
10:00 - 11:15"Overview and historical perspective on Cosmology"
by John C Mather
11:15 - 11:45B r e a k
11:45 - 13:00"The general basis for the standard model in Cosmologyand a broad overview of the full suite of quantitative cosmological tests"
by Jim Peebles
13:00 - 14:30L u n c h B r e a k
14:30 - 15:45"The interpretation of CMB temperature and polarization anisotropy" PART I
by Wayne Hu
Tuesday 1 July09:30 - 10:45"Some bothering issues in Cosmology"
by Jim Peebles
10:45 - 11:15B r e a k
11:15 - 12:30"The interpretation of CMB temperature and polarization anisotropy" PART II
by Wayne Hu
12:30 - 14:00L u n c h   B r e a k
14:00 - 15:15The first luminous objects in the Universe"
by Tom Abel
Wednesday 2 July09:30- 10:45"Inflationary Cosmology and alternatives" PART I
by Paul Steinhardt
10:45 - 11:15B r e a k
11:15 - 12:30"Cosmological reionization or making galaxies one star at a time"
by Tom Abel
12:30 - 14:00L u n c h   B r e a k
20:00"Deciphering the Big Bang"
by John C Mather-PUBLIC LECTURE-
Thursday 3 July09:30 - 10:45"Inflationary Cosmology and alternatives" PART II
by Paul Steinhardt
10:45 - 11:15B r e a k
11:15 - 12:30"Fundamentals of supernova Cosmology"
by Robert Kirshner
12:30 - 14:00L u n c h   B r e a k
Friday 4 July09:30- 10:45"Measuring the properties of dark energy"
by Robert Kirshner
10:45 - 11:15B r e a k
11:15 - 12:30"Future measurements in Cosmology"
by John C Mather
Videos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2008_Spacecraft_Deployment_Animation, 6, 7
12:30 - 12:45Closing Remarks
12:45 - 14:15L u n c h   B r e a k
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