The goal of section this quarter is to guide you through writing your own simple Einstein-Boltzmann code (like CAMB or CLASS) from scratch. Additional material on N-body simulations if time permits.
| Section # | Topic | Materials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Background cosmology | [handout] [slides] |
| 2 | Recombination (three-level atom) | [handout] [notes] |
| 3 | Gunn-Peterson Optical Depth, Reionization | [handout] [notes] |
| 4 | N-body simulations, Zeldovich Pancake | [handout] [notes] [extra on ZA] |
| 5 | Intro to perturbations: Neutrino-induced phase shift | [handout] [notes] |
| 6 | Perturbations: TCA and full system | [handout] [notes] |
| 7 | Matter power spectrum, Photon transfer function, Cosmic web | [handout] |
| 8 | CMB Angular Power Spectrum | [handout] |
