Alan Guth
Astronomy 406
Lecture 40, Dec. 6 Fall 2013 Andre Linde

Lecture Notes: pdf file

Cosmic Inflation

  • Motivation: cosmic puzzles
    flatness, horizon, structure
  • Inflation as rapid accelerated expansion
  • inflationary solution to flatness, horizon, structure
  • quantum fluctuations to cosmic fluctuations
  • inflation and the CMB
  • scorecard and outlook
Cosmic History

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