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- 1st SPOT Cosmology: References to cosmological sites featuring in-depth coverage of issues like dark matter, black holes and symmetric theory.
- A Brief History of Universe: Articles about the Universe, Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity & collection of some FAQ's.
- A Quantum Leap for Cosmology: A theory that unites quantum mechanics and general relativity claims that there was no first moment in time, but it still agrees with the predictions of classical cosmology.
- A Review of Inflationary Cosmology: The aim of this lecture is to highlight two areas of recent progress in inflationary cosmology, namely reheating and the quantum theory of cosmological perturbations.
- A Simple Introduction to Pre-Big-Bang Physics/Cosmology: A simple, non-technical introduction to the pre-big bang scenario is given, emphasizing physical motivations, considerations, and consequences over formalism.
- An Exposition on Inflationary Cosmology: In this paper, the fundamentals of modern cosmology for an isotropic and homogeneous space-time will be reviewed. Other issues suggesting a more general theory are presented and inflation is introduced as a resolution to this conundrum.
- Cambridge Cosmology Homepage: A site dedicated to cosmology, both basic and advanced, maintained by Cambridge university
- Classic research papers in relativistic cosmology: Online list of classic research papers in relativistic cosmology and general relativity, with links to arXiv.org when available.
- Cosmic Topology: General relativity does not allow one to specify the topology of space, leaving the possibility that space is multi- rather than simply- connected. This paper reviews the mathematical properties of multi-connected spaces, and the different tools to classify them and to analyse their properties.
- Cosmological Constant: Recently two different groups have measured the apparent brightness of supernovae with redshifts near z = 1. Based on this data the old idea of a cosmological constant is making a comeback.
- Cosmological Models: The aim of this set of lectures is a systematic presentation of a 1+3 covariant approach to studying the geometry, dynamics, and observational properties of relativistic cosmological models.
- Cosmological models (Cargèse lectures 1998): The aim of this set of lectures is a systematic presentation of a 1+3 covariant approach to studying the geometry, dynamics, and observational properties of relativistic cosmological models.
- Cosmology: From the Official String Theory Website. Basic and advanced tutorials on the age and structure of the universe, the Big Bang, and the relation of string theory to cosmology.
- Cosmology: A collection of reviews, figures, and research papers on inflationary cosmology.
- Cosmology II: From Planck Time to BBN: Progress in early Universe cosmology, including strings, extra dimensions, inflation, phase transitions, and baryogenesis, is reviewed.
- Cosmology Made Simple: A very basic overview of cosmology
- Cosmology and Cosmologists: A collection of articles explaining cosmology and the theory of relativity, as well as biographies of noted cosmologists.
- Cosmology from Topological Defects: Lecture Notes delivered at the Xth Brazilian School on Cosmology and Gravitation, Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro, July 29 - August 9, 2002.
- Cosmology tutorial: Contains a cosmology tutorial. Preliminary introduction to General Relativity and its application to Cosmology. Also study of stringy matter as a part of the Universe.
- Cosmology: Methodological Debates 1932-48: Discusses philosophical views about cosmology in the 1930s and 1940s; from the Stanford Encyclopedia, by George Gale.
- Dynamical Systems in Cosmology: A tutorial introducing the use of dynamical systems to study the large scale structure of the universe.
- Einstein-deSitter Model: An article on the Einstein-deSitter model of cosmology
- Elementary introduction to pre-big bang cosmology and to the relic graviton background: This is a contracted version of a series of lectures for graduate and undergraduate students
- Everything Forever; Learning to See and Model All Possible Universes: This site is intended to help the reader step outside of time and imagine the shape of what is ultimately possible in a timeless universe.
- Friedmann-Lemaitre Cosmological Models: Article from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics.
- From Newton's Laws to the Wheeler-deWitt equation: This is a pedagogical paper which explains some ideas in cosmology at a level accessible to undergraduate students. Following standard quantization procedures the Wheeler-DeWitt equation in the minisuperspace approximation is derived for empty and non-empty universes.
- Introduction to Cosmology: Contains report of a seminar on a model cosmology. Preliminary introduction to General Relativity with application to cosmology.
- Introduction to Cosmology: A set of postrscript lecture notes on the basic principles of cosmology.
- Introduction to Cosmology: These notes form an introduction to cosmology with special emphasis on large scale structure, the cmb anisotropy and inflation. In some places a basic familiarity with particle physics is assumed, but otherwise no special knowledge is needed.
- Introduction to Inflationary Cosmology: Introduction to cosmology and inflation by Scott Watson of Brown University.
- Introductory review of cosmic inflation: These lecture notes provide an introduction to cosmic inflation. In particular the basic concepts of inflation, generation of density perturbations, and reheating after inflation.
- Low Density Inflationary Universes: A review of the geometry and density of the universe, with a focus on inflationary models.
- Making Sense of Modern Cosmology: A review of modern cosmology theories by P. James E. Peebles
- Mathematical Cosmology: A review of current unsolved problems in mathematical cosmology
- Minkowski Functionals in Cosmology: Minkowski functionals provide a novel tool to characterize the large-scale galaxy distribution in the Universe. Here we give a brief tutorial on the basic features of these morphological measures and indicate their practical application for simulation data and galaxy redshift catalogues as examples.
- Multidimensional Gravity and Cosmology: A short review of recent results on exact solutions in multidimensional cosmology
- New Developments in Cosmology: A review of how the understanding of our Universe has evolved
- Numerical Simulations in Cosmology I: Methods: This lecture gives a short introduction to different methods used in cosmology. The focus is on major features of N-body simulations: equations, main numerical techniques, effects of resolution, and methods of halo identification.
- Particle Aspects of Cosmology and Baryogenesis: An introduction to particle aspects of cosmology with particular reference to primordial nucleosynthesis, dark matter and baryogenesis is provided. In particular, various scenarios-GUT baryogenesis, electroweak baryogenesis and baryogenesis through leptogenesis are reviewed.
- Physics 7: Relativity and Cosmology: A set of notes tracing the historical development of cosmology in a qualitative way.
- Scientific American: Four Keys to Cosmology: The big bang theory works better than ever. If only cosmologists could figure out that mysterious acceleration....
- Space, Time, and Cosmology: Learn about the origins of the universe and its fate. Einstein's Theory of Relativity is both interesting and comprehensible.
- String Cosmology: A lecture on aspects of superstring theory and cosmology.
- String Cosmology: A Review: Talk presented at COSPAR '02, Houston, Texas, October 2002.
- The Cosmological Constant: The following pages present a discussion of the role the cosmological constant plays in modern cosmology. They are designed to offer an overview of how the cosmological constant alters standard cosmology, and to discuss whether a non-zero cosmological constant exists today.
- The Possible Geometries for Space: A short article on the possible structures for space in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model
- Topology of the Universe: A thesis (in PDF format) which studies the possible topologies of the universe and their physical implications.
- University of Alberta Theoretical Physics Institute: Includes a staff list and a brief description of work done in that centre.
- What is Theoretical Cosmology: Theoretical cosmologists study the evolution and composition of the universe as a system, constructing theories and confronting them with experiments and observations
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