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260260 VO Classical and Quantum Aspects of Cosmology (2009W)
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28.9. - 2.10.2009 täglich 10:00 - 11:00 und 14:00 -15:00,
Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics,
Boltzmanngasse 9, 2. Stk., 1090 Wien
Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics,
Boltzmanngasse 9, 2. Stk., 1090 Wien
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Language: English
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Oral examination
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Understanding of the standard model of cosmology and the inflationary paradigm
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Physical reasoning and mathematical deduction
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PD250,320
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Basics of General Relativity
Geometry of homogeneous and isotropic spacetimes
Dynamics of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmologies
Propagation of light and horizons
Thermal history
The cosmic background radiation
Problems of the standard cosmologies
InhomogeneitiesQuantum aspects:
Parametric excitation of the harmonic oscillator, coherent and squeezed
states;
Particle creation in a constant electric field;
Scalar field quantization in curved spacetime;
Bogoliubov transformations, two-point function and power spectrum;
General introduction to cosmological inflation;
Quantum generation of cosmological perturbations;
Inflationary power spectra;
Classical limit of quantum perturbations.