Class description: The purpose of this intensive block course is to introduce active research fields and provide essential ingredients and tools for research in theoretical cosmology. The course will focus on large-scale structure probes of inflationary cosmology.

Prerequisites: Good understanding of general relativity.

Grades: Pass or fail.

References: to be listed

Lecture notes (78 pages): Syllabus, Contents
Chapter 1: Spherical collapse model in cosmology (pdf)
Chapter 2: Lagrangian perturbation theory and galaxy bias (pdf)
Chapter 3: Nonlinear relativistic dynamics (pdf)
Chapter 4: Inflationary models and application of the effective field theory (pdf)
Chapter 5: Modification of gravity and dark energy models (pdf)
Chapter 6: Weak gravitational lensing and geometric optics in curved spacetime (pdf)


Homework: Derive all the equations in the lecture materials :D

The lecture notes can be obtained upon request.