Programme

Introductory courses (8 h)

1. Fundamentals of Cosmology.

• M. Longair (Cavendish Laboratory, Univ. Cambridge)
  • Lecture1, Lecture2, Lecture3, Lecture4

2.  The Standard Model of Particle Physics (S. Heinemeyer)

• S. Heinemeyer (Instituto de Física de Cantabria,  Santander)
  • Lectures1,2,3,4

Lectures (23 h)

1.High Energy Physics and the Very Early Universe: Inflation and Quantum Cosmology (3h)

• D. Seery (Univ. of Sussex)
• Mechanisms of Inflation. Fluctuations. Models. Reheating
  • Lecture1, Lecture2, Lecture3

2. From Inflation to Nucleosynthesis (3 h)

• K. Olive (univ. of Minnesota)
• QCD implications on the Early Universe Baryon and Lepton number violation. CP Violation. Baryogenesis and Leptogenesis. Quark-hadron transition. Neutrino Cosmology. Primordial Nucleosynthesis
  • Lecture1, Lecture2, Lecture3

3. The Physics of Primary CMB Anisotropies. (3 h)

•  A. Lasenby (Univ. of Cambridge)
• Primordial inhomogeneities. Physics of Recombination. Seeds of structure and anisotropies,Gravito-acoustic oscillations. Angular power spectra.
  • Lectures1,2

4. Observations of the CMB spectrum and anisotropies: constraints on the Cosmological model. (3 h)

• Paolo de Bernardis (Univ. of Roma)
• CMB Experiments. Anisotropy measurements. Cosmological constraints. Foregrounds: synchrotron, free-free, thermal dust emission
  • Lecture by Rafael Rebolo: Lecture
  • Lectures by Lucio Piccirillo: Lecture1, Lecture2

5. Primordial Gravitational Waves and the Polarization of the CMB (2.5h)

• J. A. Rubiño (Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias)
• Anisotropy: E and B modes. Primordial gravitational waves. Polarization experiments. Observations. Power spectra. Polarization of foregrounds.
  • Lecture1, Lecture2
     

6. The CMB interaction with high energy particles: hot plasmas in clusters of galaxies and in the intergalactic medium (3h)

• S. Colafrancesco, (INAF, Roma)
• CMB interactions with electrons and cosmic-ray particles.The thermal and Kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect in clusters of galaxies. SZ Experiments and observations. Fermi Bubles and the Haze. Diffuse gamma ray background.
  
  • Lecture1, Lecture2, Lecture3

7. CMB, Dark matter and Dark energy (2h)

• J. García Bellido  (Univ. Autónoma de Madrid)
• Dark matter: particles and experiments overview. Dark energy theories. Role of Dark matter and Dark energy on Structure Formation. What can we learn from CMB and Large Scale Structure
  • Lecture1, Lecture2

8. CMB data analysis techniques. (3h)

• L.Verde (Instituto Ciencias del Cosmos, Barcelona)
• From time ordered data to maps. Statistical tools. Bayesian Analysis. Component separation. Monte Carlo Markov Chains.
  • Lecture1, Lecture2
     

Special talks (2h)

• Planck latest results (J.Tauber. European Space Agency; TBC). Talk
• The gaussianity of the CMB (E. Martínez-González, IFCA, Santander) Talk
• Light neutrinos in Cosmology (S. Pastor, IFIC, Valencia). Talk