Introduction to cosmological perturbations with applications to LSS and CMB observations

Introduction to cosmological perturbations with applications to LSS and CMB observations
Prof. Ruth Durrer (Université de Genève, Switzerland)

Lecture - 1 Lecture - 2 Lecture - 3 Lecture - 4 Lecture - 5

1) The homogeneous & isotropic Universe (expansion, simple solutions, thermal history, acceleration)

2) Cosmological perturbation theory

3) Inflation (the problems with initial conditions, generation of fluctuations)

4) The Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)

5) Cosmic Large Scal Structure (LSS)