Advanced Cosmology (MVSpec)

Lecturer:
Prof. Dr. Matteo Maturi (ITA/ZAH, ITP)

Space and time:

• Winter semester, 2023/24
• Lectures begins on April 19th end July 27th
• Calsses Fridayhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG4KhehRXgYsc0ipyKJa1QBQDSTbJ10efvideo00 (Philosophenweg 12, kHS)
• Seminars Friday 14:15-16:00 (Philosophenweg 12, kHS) dates to be announced after the first lecture. Students will choose one topic from a list and prepare a presentation (powerpoint or blackboard) of 20-30 minutes on a date to be agreed; students can work in pairs if they wish (suggested).

Overview:
The course will cover advanced topics in Cosmology. The topics are lsited below.

Prerequisites:
Cosmology and General Relativity (helpful but not mandatory).

Format:
The lectures will be held in person and will be recorded. Lecture notes about what will be present at the blackboard and additional material will be provided. I will start slow to build a solid background and gruadually accelerate. The lectures and exercise classes are held in English and will be recorded.

Enrollment:
To get credit points for the lectures it is necessary to enroll through the new HeiCo platform.
If you are still missing the credentials (immatriculation, ID number, ...) and can not log-in, ask me to be enrolled manually.

Material and exercises:
You find everything in this page.

Exam:
Oral. Philosophenweg 12. Date TBD

Exam review:
None.

Admission to the exam:
Students must be registered and enrolled to the lectures.

Lehre, Studium und Forschung:
Lecture Number identification 1300172206 (4CP)
 

Index of the lectures

Introduction
    - What is advanced cosmology about?
    - Recap: General relativity and LCDM model

Theory:
   - Beyond the standard cosmological model
   - Inflation
   - models and phenomenology of dark energy
   - models of modified gravity: extradimensional gravity, higher order gravity, massive gravity
   - screening mechanisms
   - non linear clustering (Press-Schechter, higher-order perturbation theory)

Observations:
   - supernovae
   - galaxy clusters
   - radio and 21cm backgrounds
   - gravitational lensing
   - cosmic microwave background
   - bayesian statistics
   - new cosmological probes
   - machine learning in cosmology

The topics might be subject to some minor change.

Videos of the lectures
   Lecures only, the seminars will non be recorded. Addendance to the seminars is compulsory
    - Link

Suggested readings:
    - the scripts you find below in the "Material" section
    - the following books you find in the university library:
      Cosmological Physics (John A. Peacock)
      Modern Cosmology (S. Dodelson, F. Schmidt)