An Introduction to Particle Cosmology
A course by Bohdan Grządkowski
Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Warsaw
office: 4.48
phone: +48 22 5532848
e-mail: Bohdan.Grzadkowski@fuw.edu.pl
Winter semester 2024/25
lectures: Wednesdays, 12:15 pm, room 1.37
class: Wednesdays, 14:15 pm, room 1.37
Why Cosmology?
Links between particle physics and cosmology
The outline of the course:
- The Observed Universe
- Sketchy Cosmology
- A Brief "Course" of the General Relativity and the Friedmann-Lemaitre-Robertson-Walker (FLRW) Metric
- Cosmological Models
- Cosmological Distances
- Thermodynamics of the Early Universe
- Thermal Relics from the Big Bang
- Inflation
- The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
- Baryogenesis
The course grading:
- Participation in lectures and classes: up to 3 unexcused absences are allowed for lecture and class separately (in justified cases the lecturer may allow for more than 3 absences).
- Middle term test: students are allowed to bring one A4 format
sheet of paper containing formulae, solutions of the problems listed as "exemplary problems" nor those which were posted as a homeworks are not allowed.
- Final written exam: 3 selected problems either solved in the class during the course or contained in homework problems, for the non-exhaustive list of
exemplary problems see here , students are allowed to bring one A4 format
sheet of paper containing formulae, solutions of the problems listed as "exemplary problems" nor those which were posted as a homeworks are not allowed.
- Final oral exam: material limited exclusively to the lecture notes posted below, for the list of
problems see here , "formulae sheet" is not allowed during the oral exam.
Middle term test: December 2nd 2024, time: 10:00 - 13:00, room: 2.06
First term exam:
written: January 30th 2025, time: 10:00 - 13:00, room 1.02,