| Contents: This class provides an overview of current and future experimental efforts aimed at improving our understanding of the universe, including the nature of dark matter and dark energy. After briefly reviewing the current standard cosmological model, we will focus on the motivations, techniques and aims of the leading experiments in the field. |
| Date
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Lecturer
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Topic
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Slides
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Exercises |
Due |
| 11.4 | CP |
Introduction + Cosmology basics | Ex-1 |
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| 18.4 | KB |
Cosmic
Microwave Background (CMB): thermal spectrum + temperature anisotropies |
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| 25.4 | KB |
CMB
polarization + Overview of Planck/other CMB experiments |
Ex-2 |
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| 02.5 | CP |
Estimation
theory + Bayesian
analysis |
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| 09.5 |
Holiday (Christi Himmelfahrt) | ||||
| 16.5 | CP |
Application: Marcov Chain Monte Carlo method | |||
| 23.5 | Holiday (Pfingsten) |
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| 30.5 | Holiday (Fronleichnam) | ||||
| 06.6 | CP |
Galaxy
spectra + Optical surveys + Baryonic acoustic oscillations |
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| 13.6 | CP | Photometric
surveys + Dark energy probes |
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| 20.6 | KB | Cosmology with galaxy clusters + Scaling relations | |||
| 27.6 | KB | Intra-Cluster
Medium + X-ray & SZ observations + Future surveys |
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| 04.7 | No Lecture |
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| 11.7 | CP | DE surveys + Inflation/Gravitational lensing |
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| 18.7 | KB |
High-z
starbursts/sub-mm
galaxies |
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| References: |
Books Modern Cosmology (Dodelson) Cosmological Physics (Peacock) Galaxy Formation (Longair) X-ray Emission from Clusters of Galaxies (Sarazin) (available online) |
| Review articles: CMB: a Review for Particle and Nuclear Physicists (Samtleben et al. 2007) (PDF) Cosmology with the SZ Effect (Carlstrom et al. 2002) (PDF) Observational Probes of Cosmic Acceleration (Weinberg et al. 2013) (PDF) |
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| Others Report from the US Dark Energy Task Force (PDF) |