MIT 8.286 The Early Universe, Fall 2013
The Early Universe provides an introduction to modern cosmology. The first half deals with the development of the big-bang theory from 1915 to 1980, and latter half with recent impact of particle theory. Created by MIT OpenCourseWare .
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1: Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse? Part I
2: Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse, Part II
3: The Doppler Effect and Special Relativity
4: The Kinematics of the Homogeneous Expanding Universe
5: Cosmological Redshift and the Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part I
6: The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part II
7: The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part III
8: The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part IV
9: The Dynamics of Homogeneous Expansion, Part V
10: Introduction to Non-Euclidean Spaces
11: Non-Euclidean Spaces: Closed Universes
12: Non-Euclidean Spaces: Open Universes and the Spacetime Metric
13: Non-Euclidean Spaces: Spacetime Metric and Geodesic Equation
14: The Geodesic Equation
15: Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part I
16: Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part II
17: Black-Body Radiation and the Early History of the Universe, Part III
18: Cosmic Microwave Background Spectrum and the Cosmological Constant, Part I
19: The Cosmological Constant, Part II
20: Supernovae Ia and Vacuum Energy Density
21: Problems of the Conventional (Non-inflationary) Hot Big Bang Model
22: The Higgs Field and the Cosmological Magnetic Monopole Problem
23: Inflation