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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