CMB Anisotropies

CMB Anisotropies: Theory

• baryon-photon plasma in DM potential
• acoustic oscillations and acoustic peaks
  illustrations of idealized cases in real (non-k) space
• effect of cosmology and parameter determination

CMB Anisotropies: Observations

• expansion in spherical harmonics
• acoustic oscillations and acoustic peaks
• effect of cosmology and parameter determination
• COBE
• interregnum
• WMAP: temperature anisotropy power spectrum
• Planck: has seen first light, results soon!

CMB Polarization

• theory--intermediate, advanced: why and how is the CMB polarized?
• polarization signatures: hot and cold spots
• WMAP: polzarized CMB sky

Horizons, Structure, and the Power Spectrum

• structure growth: a characteristic scale
• transfer function
• implications for the power spectrum