| Organizers |
| Lecturers |
| Participants |
| Preface |
| Long Lectures |
| Gravitational waves / Alessandra BuonannoCourse 1： |
| Introduction / 1： |
| Linearization of Einstein equations / 2： |
| Einstein equations and gauge symmetry / 2.1： |
| Wave equation / 2.2： |
| Transverse-traceless gauge / 2.3： |
| Interaction of gravitational waves with point particles / 3： |
| Newtonian and relativistic description of tidal gravity / 3.1： |
| Description in the transverse-traceless gauge / 3.2： |
| Description in the free-falling frame / 3.3： |
| Key ideas underlying gravitational-wave detectors / 3.4： |
| Effective stress-energy tensor of gravitational waves / 4： |
| Generation of gravitational waves / 5： |
| Sources in slow motion, weak-field and negligible self-gravity / 5.1： |
| Sources in slow motion and weak-field, but non-negligible self-gravity / 5.2： |
| Radiated energy, angular momentum and linear momentum / 5.3： |
| Application to binary systems / 6： |
| Inspiral waveforms at leading Newtonian order / 6.1： |
| Inspiral waveform including post-Newtonian corrections / 6.2： |
| Merger and ring-down waveforms / 6.3： |
| Templates for data analysis / 6.4： |
| Other astrophysical sources / 7： |
| Pulsars / 7.1： |
| Supernovae / 7.2： |
| Cosmological sources / 8： |
| Phenomenological bounds / 8.1： |
| Gravitational waves produced by causal mechanisms / 8.2： |
| Gravitational waves produced by cosmic and fundamental strings / 8.3： |
| Gravitational waves produced during inflation / 8.4： |
| References |
| Baryogenesis / James M. ClineCourse 2： |
| Observational evidence for the BAU |
| Sakharov's conditions for baryogenesis |
| B violation |
| Loss of thermal equilibrium |
| C, CP violation |
| Examples of CP violation / 2.4： |
| More history / 2.5： |
| Example: GUT baryogenesis |
| Washout processes |
| B and CP violation in the standard model |
| CP violation in the SM / 4.1： |
| Electroweak phase transition and electroweak baryogenesis |
| Strength of the phase transition |
| EWPT in the MSSM |
| A model of electroweak baryogenesis: 2HDM |
| EDM constraints |
| EWBG in the MSSM |
| Other mechanisms; Leptogenesis |
| String cosmology / Course 3： |
| Dark energy |
| The problem of scales / 1.1： |
| The string theory landscape / 1.2： |
| The Bousso-Polchinski (Brown-Teitelboim) mechanism / 1.3： |
| Caveats to the landscape approach / 1.4： |
| Inflation |
| Brane-antibrane inflation |
| Warped compactification |
| Warped brane-antibrane inflation |
| The [eta] problem |
| Solutions (?) to the [eta] problem |
| Confrontation with experiment / 2.6： |
| Physics of the early universe and inflation / Lev KofmanCourse 4： |
| Preamble |
| Concise history of the early universe |
| Big Bang: answered questions |
| Big Bang: unanswered questions |
| Inflation: answered questions |
| Models of inflation |
| Inflaton family portrait |
| Global geometry |
| Generalities |
| De Sitter and FRW geometries / 4.2： |
| FRW geometry / 4.3： |
| Single FRW domain from inflation / 4.4： |
| Scalar field fluctuations in de Sitter geometry / 4.5： |
| Multiple FRW domains from inflation and fractal geometry in the future / 4.6： |
| Generation of fluctuations from inflation |
| Cosmic piano |
| Generation of the scalar metrics fluctuations |
| Generation of the tensor metrics fluctuations |
| Probing models with fluctuations / 5.4： |
| Preheating after inflation |
| Heating the universe after inflation |
| Pair creation by an electric field |
| Linear resonant preheating |
| Non-linear dynamics of resonant preheating |
| Inflaton fragmentation / 6.5： |
| Tachyonic preheating / 6.6： |
| Gravitational waves from preheating / 6.7： |
| Cosmic microwave background anisotropies up to second order / N. Bartolo ; S. Matarrese ; A. RiottoCourse 5： |
| Perturbing gravity |
| The collisionless Boltzmann equation for photons |
| Collision term |
| The collision integral |
| Computation of different contributions to the collision term |
| Final expression for the collision term |
| The Brightness equation |
| First order |
| Second order |
| Hierarchy equations for multipole moments |
| Integral solution of the second-order Boltzmann equation |
| The Boltzmann equation for baryons and cold dark matter |
| Energy continuity equations |
| Momentum continuity equations |
| Linear solution of the Boltzmann equations |
| Linear solutions in the limit of tight coupling |
| Perturbation modes with k [double less-than sign] k[subscript eq] |
| Perturbation modes with k [double greater-than sign] k[subscript eq] |
| Conclusions / 9： |
| Einstein's equations / Appendix A： |
| The metric tensor / Appendix A.1： |
| The connection coefficients / Appendix A.2： |
| Einstein tensor / Appendix A.3： |
| Energy-momentum tensor / Appendix A.4： |
| First-order solutions of Einstein's equations in various eras / Appendix B： |
| Matter-dominated era / Appendix B.1： |
| Radiation-dominated era / Appendix B.2： |
| Physics beyond the standard model and dark matter / Hitoshi MurayamaCourse 6： |
| Particle physics and cosmology |
| Next threshold |
| Why beyond the standard model |
| Empirical reasons |
| Philosophical and aesthetic reasons |
| Positron analogue |
| Hierarchy problem |
| Examples of physics beyond the standard model |
| Supersymmetry |
| Composite Higgs |
| Extra dimensions |
| Evidence for dark matter |
| What dark matter is not |
| MACHOs |
| Neutrinos |
| CHAMPs and SIMPs |
| WIMP dark matter |
| WIMP |
| Boltzmann equation |
| Analytic approximation |
| Numerical integration |
| The new minimal standard model |
| Direct detection experiments |
| Popular WIMPs |
| Indirect detection experiments / 6.8： |
| Dark horse candidates |
| Gravitino |
| Axion |
| Other candidates / 7.3： |
| Cosmic coincidence |
| Gravitational lensing |
| Deflection angle |
| Amplification in microlensing |
| MACHO search |
| Strong lensing |
| Short Topical Lectures |
| Effective field theories and gravitational radiation / Walter D. GoldbergerCourse 7： |
| Lecture I |
| Introduction and motivation |
| Effective field theories: a review |
| Lecture II |
| The binary inspiral as an EFT calculation |
| The EFT for isolated compact objects |
| Calculating observables |
| Integrating out the orbital scale |
| Radiation |
| Finite size effects |
| Redundant operators |
| Holographic cosmology / Thomas HertogCourse 8： |
| Framework |
| Anti-de Sitter cosmologies |
| Dual field theory evolution |
| Discussion |
| Neutrino physics and cosmology / Sergio PastorCourse 9： |
| The cosmic neutrino background |
| Relic neutrino production and decoupling |
| Background evolution |
| Neutrinos and Primordial Nucleosynthesis |
| Extra radiation and the effective number of neutrinos |
| Massive neutrinos |
| Flavour oscillations and neutrino masses |
| Neutrinos as dark matter |
| Effects of neutrino masses on cosmology |
| Brief description of cosmological observables |
| Neutrino free-streaming |
| Impact of massive neutrinos on the matter power spectrum |
| Impact of massive neutrinos on the CMB anisotropy spectrum |
| Current bounds on neutrino masses |
| CMB anisotropies |
| Galaxy redshift surveys |
| Lyman-[alpha] forest |
| Summary and discussion of current bounds / 7.4： |
| Future sensitivities on neutrino masses from cosmology |
| Cosmic microwave background: observational status / S. PrunetCourse 10： |
| CMB temperature anisotropies: the "early" days |
| WMAP first release |
| Polarization of the CMB - discovery and first measurements |
| WMAP three year release |
| Conclusion |
| Structure formation with numerical simulations / R. TeyssierCourse 11： |
| The hierarchical scenario |
| Computational cosmology |
| Internal structure of dark matter haloes |
| The halo model |
| Galaxy formation physics |
| The Mare Nostrum simulation |
| Giving mass to the graviton / P. TinyakovCourse 12： |
| Theoretical obstructions to massive gravity |
| Constructing the massive gravity models |
| Linear perturbations |
| Some phenomenological implications |
| Newton's potential |
| Cosmological evolution |
| Experimental signatures |
| Summary and outlook |
| Working Group Reports |
| Dark matter on the smallest scales / E.R. Siegel ; G. D'Amico ; E. Di Napoli ; L. Fu ; M.P. Hertzberg ; N.T.T. Huong ; F. Palorini ; A. Sellerholm |
| The dark matter problem |
| Dark matter candidates |
| Small scale structure |
| Detectability and future work |
| Scalar gravity: post-Newtonian corrections via an effective field theory approach / Rafael A. Porto ; Riccardo Sturani |
| Scalar gravity |
| NRGR |
| Einstein-Infeld-Hoffmann |
| Discussion - Conclusions |
| Dark Matter in minimal trinification / D. George ; M. Hertzberg ; F. Metzler ; E. Siegel |
| Trinification in a nutshell |
| A simple case |
| Light and darkness of trinification |
| A Dark Matter candidate |
| Relative abundance |
| Decay time |
| Conclusion and discussion |
| Trans-Planckian physics from cosmology / S.E. Joras ; G. Marozzi ; R. Ansari |
| Standard approach |
| Trans-Planckian behavior: non-linear dispersion relation |
| A pedagogical primer on preheating / M.A. Amin ; A. Brown ; A.D. Chambers ; A. Kumar ; J. Pritchard ; N. Sivanandam |
| Inflation and its end |
| A simple model of preheating |
| Gravitational fluctuations |
| Braneworld graviton interactions in early universe phase transitions / R.U.H. Ansari ; C. Delaunay ; R. Gwyn ; A. Knauf ; N.R. Shah ; F.R. Urban |
| Braneworld cosmology |
| Brane inflation and the Electroweak phase transition |
| Gravitons |
| Individual Seminars |
| Organizers |
| Lecturers |
| Participants |
| Preface |
| Long Lectures |
| Gravitational waves / Alessandra BuonannoCourse 1： |
