TY - GEN
T1 - Inflationary cosmology
AU - Kinney, William H.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This series of lectures gives a pedagogical review of the subject of cosmological inflation. I discuss Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology and the horizon and flatness problems of the standard hot Big Bang, and introduce inflation as a solution to those problems, focusing on the simple scenario of inflation from a single scalar field. I discuss quantum modes in inflation and the generation of primordial tensor and scalar fluctuations. Finally, I provide comparison of inflationary models to the WMAP satellite measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background, and briefly discuss future directions for inflationary physics. The majority of the lectures should be accessible to advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students with only a background in Special Relativity, although familiarity with General Relativity and quantum field theory will be helpful for the more technical sections.
AB - This series of lectures gives a pedagogical review of the subject of cosmological inflation. I discuss Friedmann-Robertson-Walker cosmology and the horizon and flatness problems of the standard hot Big Bang, and introduce inflation as a solution to those problems, focusing on the simple scenario of inflation from a single scalar field. I discuss quantum modes in inflation and the generation of primordial tensor and scalar fluctuations. Finally, I provide comparison of inflationary models to the WMAP satellite measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background, and briefly discuss future directions for inflationary physics. The majority of the lectures should be accessible to advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students with only a background in Special Relativity, although familiarity with General Relativity and quantum field theory will be helpful for the more technical sections.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84886907284
U2 - 10.1142/9789812838360_0013
DO - 10.1142/9789812838360_0013
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84886907284
SN - 981283835X
SN - 9789812838353
T3 - TASI 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics: The Dawn of the LHC Era
SP - 623
EP - 707
BT - TASI 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics
PB - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd
T2 - 2008 Theoretical Advanced Study Institute in Elementary Particle Physics, TASI 2008: The Dawn of the LHC Era
Y2 - 2 June 2008 through 27 June 2008
ER -