General Prerequisites:
Course Term: Trinity
Course Lecture Information: 16 lectures
Course Overview:
Areas: PT, Astro
16 Lectures
1 unit
Lecturer: Prof Joseph Conlon
Method of assessment: Homework completion only.
Prerequisites: Background in Quantum Field Theory (MT), General Relativity I (MT) helpful but not essential!
16 Lectures
1 unit
Lecturer: Prof Joseph Conlon
Method of assessment: Homework completion only.
Prerequisites: Background in Quantum Field Theory (MT), General Relativity I (MT) helpful but not essential!
Learning Outcomes:
Course Synopsis:
*The universe observed
* Relativistic world models
* Reconstructing the thermal history
* Big bang nucleosynthesis
* Dark matter: astrophysical observations,relic particles,direct detection,indirect detection
* Dark radiation: neutrinos, axions, axion-like particles
* Stars as probes of fundamental physics
* Searches for new physics from radio waves to gamma rays
* Relativistic world models
* Reconstructing the thermal history
* Big bang nucleosynthesis
* Dark matter: astrophysical observations,relic particles,direct detection,indirect detection
* Dark radiation: neutrinos, axions, axion-like particles
* Stars as probes of fundamental physics
* Searches for new physics from radio waves to gamma rays