Notes & Papers

Cosmology Using the CMB

Instructor: Professor George Smoot

These are summary notes and papers from the course. They are in general postscript files. They focus primarily on the Cosmic Background Radiation (CBR) and observations of its present form the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB).

CMB Spectrum Lectures 1,2,3 postscript (2.5MB) or CMB Spectrum Lectures 1,2,3 postscript gzipped (0.6 MB) which is the current form for the three separate lectures listed below but which are not activated.
CMB Spectrum Lecture 1
CMB Spectrum Lecture 2
CMB Spectrum Lecture 3
Anisotropy Lectures 1, 2, 3, ... (2.5 MB) or CMB Anisotropy Lectures 1,2,3 & 4 postscript gzipped (0.45 MB). The separate lectures are not yet available.
Anisotropy Lecture 1: Current Status
Anisotropy Lecture 2: Theoretical Motivation
Anisotropy Lecture 3: Review of Published Results
Anisotropy Lecture 4: Ongoing and Near-term Programs
Anisotropy Lecture 5: Future: particularly Satellites MAP and PLANCK