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Inflationary Cosmology

Offered By: Massachusetts Institute of Technology via World Science U

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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

  1. The Theory of Inflation
  2. Negative Energy Density
  3. The Evidence of Inflation
  4. The Flatness Problem
  5. Quantum Fluctuations
  6. Gravitational Waves

Taught by

Alan Guth

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