Examination procedure
Seminars
Prerequisites
The course is designed for PhD students, but master students that have already completed a quantum field theory course are welcome to join
Syllabus
Introduction to cosmology and inflation
The two hierarchy problems of particle physics: the cosmological constants and the electroweak scale
Modern solutions to the hierarchy problems: relations between naturalness and cosmology
Dark matter production and detection, from WIMPs to axions
The strong CP problem and the QCD chiral Lagrangian
Properties of de Sitter space and inflation as a cosmological collider
Bibliographical references
Papers and notes provided during the course