UCL Graduate Lectures Autumn 2004

Introduction to Cosmology

• Lecture 1: Global Contents and Dynamics of the Universe (Mon 4 Oct) .ppt

• Lecture 2: Dark Matter Clustering and Galaxy Surveys (Tue 19 Oct) .ppt

• Lecture 3: The Cosmic Microwave Background (Tue 26 Oct) .ppt

• Lecture 4: Gravitational Lensing .ppt

IoA Graduate Lectures Spring 2003

• Lecture 1: Introduction. Mon 17 Feb (.pdf)
  Historical perspective; Universe inventory; Dark matter properties; Candidates; Course overview.
  
  
• Lecture 2: Matter P(k). Tue 20 Feb (.pdf)
  Linear theory growth of structure; Shape of matter power spectrum, dependence on dark matter content; Observations of galaxy P(k);
  
  
• Lecture 3: The CMB. Mon 24 Feb (.pdf)
  Temperature power spectrum shape; Observations; Inference of cosmological parameters.
  
  
• Lecture 4: Lensing basics. Thu 27 Feb (.pdf)
  Lensing theory; Microlensing; Strong lensing by galaxies.
  
  
• Lecture 5: Cluster lensing. Mon 3 March (.pdf)
  Strong and weak lensing by galaxy clusters; Weak lensing theory.
  
  
• Lecture 6: Cosmic shear. Thu 6 March (.pdf)
  Non-linear power spectrum; Theoretical predictions; Current observations. Galaxy profiles from weak lensing.
  
  
• Lecture 7: Velocities. Mon 10 March (.pdf)
  Measurement; Bulk motions; Velocity power spectrum; Density reconstruction;
  
  
• Lecture 8: Conclusions. Mon 17 March (.pdf)
  Putting it all together, the big picture; Comparison with other probes eg. supernovae; Dark energy; The future.