Inflationary Cosmology
Offered By: Massachusetts Institute of Technology via World Science U
Course Description
Overview
Breakthrough Prize and Kavli Prize Laureate, Alan Guth is renowned for his discovery of inflationary cosmology, which for decades has been the dominant paradigm for the origin of the universe.
Syllabus
- The Theory of Inflation
- Negative Energy Density
- The Evidence of Inflation
- The Flatness Problem
- Quantum Fluctuations
- Gravitational Waves
Taught by
Alan Guth
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