The Inflationary Paradigm - Lecture 1
Offered By: International Centre for Theoretical Sciences via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
The Inflationary Paradigm Lecture 1
Inflation
Topics Covered
Inflation: basics
The FRW light cone
Dynamics of FRW Space
The cosmic cocktail: matter
The cosmic cocktail: radiation
The cosmic cocktail: vacuum
History of the universe: abridged
Alfonso X of Castile r. 1252-84 on the Ptolemaic system
Looking out in space is looking back in time
History of the universe: abridged
Primordial perturbations
The horizon problem
Vacuum energy and inflation
The cosmic horizon
Curvature
Inflation solves the horizon problem
Symmetry breaking: an analogy
Symmetry breaking and vacuum energy
Scalar fields and stress energy
Exercise
Equation of motion
Slow roll
Q&A
Taught by
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
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