Subject
Quantum aspects of cosmology and astrophysics
General details of the subject
- Mode
- Face-to-face degree course
- Language
- English
Teaching staff
| Name | Institution | Category | Doctor | Teaching profile | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLANCO PILLADO, JOSE JUAN | University of the Basque Country | Visitante Ikerbaske | Doctor | Not bilingual | Theoretical Physics | josejuan.blanco@ehu.eus |
| BOUHMADI LOPEZ, MARIAM | University of the Basque Country | Visitante Ikerbaske | Doctor | Not bilingual | Theoretical Physics | mariam.bouhmadi@ehu.eus |
Competencies
| Name | Weight |
|---|---|
| Problem solving | 70.0 % |
| Understanding the topics and being able to present them | 15.0 % |
| To be able to present a topic not explicitly included in the syllabus | 15.0 % |
Study types
| Type | Face-to-face hours | Non face-to-face hours | Total hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture-based | 24 | 32 | 56 |
| Seminar | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| Applied classroom-based groups | 8 | 16 | 24 |
Assessment systems
| Name | Minimum weighting | Maximum weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Oral examination | 50.0 % | 50.0 % |
| Practical tasks | 50.0 % | 50.0 % |
| Presentations | 15.0 % | 50.0 % |
| Questions to discuss | 15.0 % | 70.0 % |
Ordinary call: orientations and renunciation
In the event that the sanitary conditions prevent a face-to-face evaluation, an on-lineevaluation will be activated and the students will be informed promptly.
Extraordinary call: orientations and renunciation
En caso de que las condiciones sanitarias impidan la realización deuna evaluación presencial, se activará una evaluación no presencial de
la que será informado el alumnado puntualmente.
Temary
1. Review of General Relativity and Cosmology.2. Review on Quantum Field Theory in flat space. Quantum Fields and vacuum state, quantum vacuum fluctuations.
3. Quantum Fields in a curved background. Particle creation in a curved background.
4. Quantum Fields in an expanding universe. Quantum Fields in de Sitter space. Massless and massive scalar fields.
5. Applications to the Early Universe Cosmology. Scalar Field Inflation. Density perturbations during inflation. Connection to the Cosmic Microwave Background
6. Gravitational waves. Cosmological tensor perturbations generated during inflation.
7. Unruh effect. Accelerated observers. Unruh temperature.
8. Hawking Radiation. Thermodynamics of Black Holes.
9. Quantum tunneling and Quantum Cosmology. Bubble nucleation. Cosmological phase transitions. Creation of the universe from Nothing.
Bibliography
Basic bibliography
S. Carroll, Spacetime and Geometry.S. Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology.
S.W. Hawking and G. Ellis, The Large Scale Structure of spacetime.
S. Weinberg, Cosmology.
V. Mukhanov, Physical Foundations of Cosmology.
A. Liddle, Cosmological Inflation and Large Scale Structure.
V. Mukhanov and S. Winitzki, Introduction to Quantum Effects in Gravity, CUP,2007.
N D Birrell and P C Davis, Quantum fields in curved space, CUP 1982