Cosmology  

red bullet In General

> Main ideas.
> References.
> Cosmological principle.
> Cosmological Expansion.
> Expansion – Issues and effects.
> Acceleration.
> Acceleration – Theories.
> General relativistic cosmology.
> Averaging in cosmology.
> Cosmic strings.
> Topological defects.
> Cosmological constant,
  Cosmological-constant problem,
  and phenomenology.
> Dark energy.
> Dark energy – Models.
> Dark matter.
> Dark matter – Distribution.
> Dark matter – Types.
> Large-scale geometry.
> Large-scale topology.
> Perturbations.
> Multiverse.
> Anthropic principle.
 

red bullet Models

> Standard model.
> History of cosmological models.
> General relativistic models.
> Modern cosmological models.
> Friedmann solutions.
> Origin and pre-Big-Bang models.
> Brane-world cosmology.
> Inflation.
> Inflationary scenarios.
> Inflationary phenomenology.
> Higher-order gravity.
> Other modified gravity.

red bullet Observations and Tests

> Observational cosmology.
> Cosmological parameters.
> Matter content.
> Matter distribution.
> CMB.
> CMB anisotropy.
> CMB polarization.
> CMB features.
> Cosmological tests of GR.
 

red bullet Early-Universe Cosmology

> Main ideas.
> Baryogenesis.
> Nucleosynthesis.

red bullet Quantum Cosmology

> In general.
> Formalism and techniques.
> Perturbations.
> Semiclassical cosmology.
> Loop quantum cosmology.
> Boundary conditions.

red bullet Quantum Cosmology Models

> Models in general.
>
Minisuperspace.
> FLRW models.
> Bianchi I models.
> Loop quantum cosmology models.

red bullet More...

blue bullet s.a. Astronomy and Astrophysics.
blue bullet s.a. Gravitation.


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