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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.
http://www.superstringtheory.com/cosmo/index.html
Introduction to Inflationary Cosmology
Introduction to cosmology and inflation by Scott Watson of Brown University.
http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Watson/Watson_contents.html
String Cosmology
A lecture on aspects of superstring theory and cosmology.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0111275
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
http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~jcohn/tcosmo.html
Cosmology Made Simple
A very basic overview of cosmology
http://www.geocities.com/autotheist/Physics/cosmo.htm
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.
http://physicsweb.org/article/world/14/11/3
Friedmann-Lemaitre Cosmological Models
Article from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics.
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Friedmann-LemaitreCosmologicalModel.html
Topology of the Universe
A thesis (in PDF format) which studies the possible topologies of the universe and their physical implications.
http://www.maths.lse.ac.uk/Personal/mark/topos.pdf
Einstein-deSitter Model
An article on the Einstein-deSitter model of cosmology
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/Einstein-deSitterCosmologicalModel.html
Physics 7: Relativity and Cosmology
A set of notes tracing the historical development of cosmology in a qualitative way.
http://phyun5.ucr.edu/~wudka/Physics7/Notes_www/notes_www.html
MIT Cosmology
MIT's cosmology site offers links to research locally and around the world, as well as related departments elsewhere.
http://arcturus.mit.edu/
The Possible Geometries for Space
A short article on the possible structures for space in the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker model
http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/cosmology/frwgeometry.html
New Developments in Cosmology
A review of how the understanding of our Universe has evolved
http://www.jupiterscientific.org/sciinfo/newcosmology.html
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.
http://it.arXiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9812046
Cambridge Cosmology Homepage
A site dedicated to cosmology, both basic and advanced, maintained by Cambridge university
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/cos_home.html
A Brief History of Universe
Articles about the Universe, Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity & collection of some FAQ's.
http://www.angelfire.com/space2/chaminda/
Cosmology II: From Planck Time to BBN
Progress in early Universe cosmology, including strings, extra dimensions, inflation, phase transitions, and baryogenesis, is reviewed.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9909247
Introduction to Cosmology
A set of postrscript lecture notes on the basic principles of cosmology.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9904502
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9806004
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9508154
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.
http://surhudm.tripod.com/seminarhtml
Introduction to Cosmology
Contains report of a seminar on a model cosmology. Preliminary introduction to General Relativity with application to cosmology.
http://khwarizmi.phy.iitb.ac.in/~surhud/seminarhtml/index.html
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9812046
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.
http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~hve/paplist.html
Scientific American: Four Keys to Cosmology
The big bang theory works better than ever. If only cosmologists could figure out that mysterious acceleration....
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=0005DCFC-253F-1FFB-A53F83414B7F0000
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.
http://super.colorado.edu/~michaele/Lambda/lambda.html
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.
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmo_constant.html
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0101119
Multidimensional Gravity and Cosmology
A short review of recent results on exact solutions in multidimensional cosmology
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9801037
Mathematical Cosmology
A review of current unsolved problems in mathematical cosmology
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0107090
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9312022
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9802057
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
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9907067
Dynamical Systems in Cosmology
A tutorial introducing the use of dynamical systems to study the large scale structure of the universe.
http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9910074
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.
http://fr.arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9605010
Space, Time, and Cosmology
Learn about the origins of the universe and its fate. Einstein's Theory of Relativity is both interesting and comprehensible.
http://www.drphysics.com/relativity.html
Cosmology and Cosmologists
A collection of articles explaining cosmology and the theory of relativity, as well as biographies of noted cosmologists.
http://spaceboy.nasda.go.jp/note/kagaku/e/kag_e.html
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.
http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Watson/TOC.html
Low Density Inflationary Universes
A review of the geometry and density of the universe, with a focus on inflationary models.
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/inf_lowden.html
Cosmology
A collection of reviews, figures, and research papers on inflationary cosmology.
http://www.innerx.net/personal/tsmith/cosm.html
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.
http://everythingforever.com
Making Sense of Modern Cosmology
A review of modern cosmology theories by P. James E. Peebles
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BCF6F-22B7-1C71-84A9809EC588EF21
1st SPOT Cosmology
References to cosmological sites featuring in-depth coverage of issues like dark matter, black holes and symmetric theory.
http://1st-spot.freeservers.com/topic_cosmology.html
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303504
String Cosmology: A Review
Talk presented at COSPAR '02, Houston, Texas, October 2002.
http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303499
Particle Aspects of Cosmology and Baryogenesis
An introduction to particle aspects of cosmology with particular refrence to primordial nucleosynthesis, dark matter and baryogenesis is provided. In particular, various scenarios-GUT baryogenesis, electroweak baryogenesis and baryogenesis through leptogenesis are reviewed.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0302020
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.
http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/0304257
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.
http://it.arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005502
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